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• All Local 012 Council Reps: Annual General Meeting

  Date: Saturday, May 10th, 2008
  Time: 10:30 AM to 3:00 PM
  Location: Coast Terrace Inn, Edmonton AB
  
  Executive Meeting: Friday May 9th after supper. See Joe Michielsen for location.
  
  Local 012 Committee Meetings: At the Coast Terrace Inn, Saturday prior to the General Meeting
  Education, 8:30 AM to 9:00 AM
  Finance, 9:00 AM to 9:30 AM
  Anti-Privatization, 9:30 AM to 10:00 AM
  Policy, 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM
  
  There will be an organized supper at 6:00 PM Friday May 9th, 2008.
  
  Please confirm your attendance for this meeting and supper with Meredith Day at Meredith.day@gov.ab.ca 

• Save My Pension Campaign

  Background information on this issue is available at www.SaveMyPenion.ca . However, for this campaign to have an effect, it is essential that AUPE members in significant numbers call or email their MLAs and the office of the Premier.

• Greetings all,

  Here is a quick summary of the 2007 AUPE Convention held October 25-27 that I attended as an Observer (as part of the Young Activists Committee).  I am just giving the main points in bullet form, if you would like more details, feel free to give me a call.  If anyone has any questions about the convention, or may be interested in attending in the future, don't hesitate to contact me and I will tell you all about it. 

  • Committee reports presented, along with committee resolutions (this is where the majority of convention time was spent- this is where the business of the union is done)
  • Election of new AUPE Executive (President, Secretary-Treasurer, and 4 Vice-President positions)
  • President- Doug Knight (incumbent)
  • Secretary-Treasurer- Bill Deschamps (incumbent)
  • Vice Presidents: Jason Heistad (incumbent), Lorraine Ellis, Sandra Azocar, and Erez Raz
  • Rally at the Legislature to promote AUPE's Change the Law Campaign with over 1000 participants (to change the poor and antiquated labour laws in Alberta - some of the worst in the country)
  • OH&S Awards presented (Rolyn Sumlak award for excellence in promoting safety in the workplace)
  • AUPE Lifetime member awards presented
  • From a news update on the AUPE website:

  The convention, which with 688 voting delegates and about 820 participants was the largest in the union’s history.
  
  During convention, delegates also approved AUPE’s $28.5-million budget and unanimously passed a resolution demanding that the Alberta government adopt a standard requiring one caregiver for every six patients in the province’s continuing care facilities.

  Please note that all AUPE standing committees are up for renewal, so if any of you are interested in sitting on a committee you should send a letter or an e-mail to Doug Knight stating your interest, as he appoints all committee members.  There are 12 committees:

          Legislative
          Membership Services
          Finance
          Committee on Political Action
          OH&S
          Anti-Privatization
          Women's Committee
          Pension
          Member's Benefits
          Pay Equity
          Young Activists
          Human Rights

  Standing on a committee is a great way to get involved in the union, and time commitments vary from committee to committee but generally are in the range of a day-long meeting every 3-4 months plus travel time, expenses and time off are reimbursed by AUPE.  If you would like more information on the committees, go to http://www.aupe.org/about_aupe/organized/index.php#standing.

  Salina Perry
  
  

• Applications for the 2007 Local 012 Member Continuing Education Bursary are now closed. 
  
  

• We have a Contract!

  The ballots have been counted and we have a new Collective Agreement effective September 1, 2007. 57.87% of the ballots were returned and of that 55.6% voted yes.
  
  In Local 012 1515 ballots were mailed out, 905 ballots were returned. 616 of those voted yes and 289 voted no or 68.6% voted in favor of the Mediator's report. The increases may not appear on your pay cheque until October.
  
  Thank you to those who took the time to vote.
  
  Ballots Mailed out: 21,968 (includes LTDI and other approved LOA's)
  

  Local	Sent	Returned	Yes	No
  001	7,758	4,683	2,130	2,553
  002	4,157	2,537	1,613	924
  003	2,245	1,464	912	552
  004	663	350	229	121
  005	1,610	623	362	261
  006	2,467	1,388	612	776
  009	1,118	542	428	114
  010	435	211	167	44
  012	1,515	905	616	289

  Spoiled - 11
  Total - 12,714
  For - 7,069
  Against - 5,634  
  
  

• To read one of the top rated essays submitted for the 2007 Educational Scholarship Fund click here.  
  
  
  

• Notes from the 14-15 September 2007 Provincial Executive Meeting have been posted.
  
  
  

• Check out the updated Local 012 Policies document, Click Here.
  
  

• Click Here To Send Us Comments About Bargaining
  
  

• CMR Canada has been providing professional counseling services to AUPE members and families since 1994 for more information Click Here!
  
  

• LOCAL 12 EMAIL CONTACTS: 
  
  Education Committee send to education@aupelocal12.net
  Policy Committee send to  policy@aupelocal12.net
  Chair send to chair@aupelocal12.net
  Vice Chair send to vicechair@aupelocal12.net
  Secretary send to secretary@aupelocal12.net
  Treasurer send to treasurer@aupelocal12.net

• AUPE Classification contact for Local 12 is:
  
  Micheal Fownes    780-930-3405

• The policy committee has finalized the Local's policy document to view it
  Click Here!

• Local 12 Executive Have a look at our Committees and Local Executive .  Stay in touch and tell them how they are doing and what you want to see happening in the Local they represent you and want to hear from you! 

• Local 12 Chapters Contact Information.

• If you have any concerns regarding the current policies or if you would like to see new policies added...please send us your comments. 

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