The following outlines some basic quick facts
about your Union and what your Union does for you. The purpose of your Union is to
negotiate, administer and enforce your collective agreement (i.e. wages, hours of work,
scheduling and other working terms and conditions).
Your
U.C.C.E. Executive
-
Pat
Rose - President - U.C.C.E. Office
-
Jim
Henderson - Vice President - U.C.C.E. Office
-
Shelley
Winters - Bargaining Chair/Chief Shop Steward - U.C.C.E. Office
-
Debbie
Pearson - Recording Secretary - U.C.C.E. Office
-
Kim
Revenco
- Treasurer - U.C.C.E. Office
-
Roscoe
Milne - Sergeant at Arms - #17 Meat
-
Wendy
Akkermans
- Returning Officer
The Union also employs
an Executive Assistant -
Sally-Jane Walsh (U.C.C.E. office).
They can be reached through the Union Office by telephone at
299-6700, by fax at 299-6710, by visiting the U.C.C.E. website at www.ucce.info
or by -mail at reception@ucce.info
or by visiting the Union office at 123, 2723
- 37th
Avenue NE or contact the Executive Committee members at their Centre.
Union Meetings are the 2nd Tuesday of every
month at 7:00 pm.
They are held at the
West Hillhurst Community Centre -
1940 - 6 Avenue NW. There will be a poster on the U.C.C.E bulletin board in the staff
room at the Centres as a reminder.
The
bulletin boards in each Centre staff room will
provide all information concerning UCCE events, newsletters, bulletins and other sources
of information and union awareness.
Also on that bulletin board will be
Union authorized information and communications documents like the newsletter, union
information bulletins like Did You Know or News
& Views and any other Union authorized informational documents (such as
health and safety information, Joint Labour Management Meetings and minutes or upcoming
union sponsored events etc.)
U.C.C.E.
Stewards' Network
Each Centre worksite has authorized Union
representatives to deal with your issues and concerns. The Union Steward is the UCCE
on-the-job
representative. The Steward is acknowledged by the Union and the Employer as the
person most able to deal with Union matters at the worksite. The Union Steward will
provide you with advocacy, advice and counsel with respect to the application and
interpretation of your collective agreement. Remember that it is always in your best
interests to seek a second opinion.
A list of your present Shop Stewards
is posted on the U.C.C.E. Bulletin Board in your Centre staff room. The most regular contact
members have
with the Union is through the Steward.
When the Steward is
effective so is your
Union.
NOTHING SHOULD HAPPEN AT THE WORKSITE
WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND AGREEMENT OF THE UNION AND THE STEWARD.
If you wish to
become a Steward,
please call the Union office at 299-6700.
Union
Dues
- Your
Union dues are $10.00 per pay cheque, ($5.00 per
week).
The payment of Union dues is a condition of
your employment. You may opt out of membership for religious reasons but the payments of
dues is mandatory. The principle is that because you receive direct benefit from a
collective agreement applying to your work conditions, you are obligated to pay your fair
share of the administration and negotiation of that collective agreement.
You are paying for a service from your Union and every employee should
access that service through attending meetings to stay informed or simply by
asking questions.
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