On May 26, an email with poster attached was sent to all Locals and current committee members providing 30 Days Notice for Co-Chair Elections for all Issues-Based Committees for 2025.
Please mark your calendars for:
All Committees Meeting: June 25th 5:30 – 7:30 PM Online
All delegates, alternates and interested members are requested to RSVP to confirm attendance: info@cupe.mb.ca – Link will be sent directly to all those who have RSVP’d by June 23rd.
Agenda highlights:
– Meeting for all Issues-Based Committees
– Committee orientation
– Short presentation
– Committee elections
Notice for All Locals:
If your Local has not assigned a delegate to a committee, Presidents please fill in and return the Committee Delegation Form before June 20, 2025 @ 12 Noon.
As per CUPE MB’s new Policies (April 2024):
3.b.4: Committee & Council Co-Chairs:
CUPE members may not sit as a committee Co-Chair on more than one Issue-Based Committee concurrently. CUPE members may not sit as a Sector Council Co-Chair on more than one Sector Council concurrently. Issues-Based Committee Co-Chairs shall be elected for a term of (1) year (12 months), Sector Council Co-Chairs shall be elected as per Council Terms of Reference.
As per our Policies:
All Issues-Based Committees are required to hold elections with/without seated Co-Chairs in June.
Elections will be held for the positions of: (1) year or (12) months Co-Chair for each Issues-Based Committee
Issues-Based Committees (As per Bylaws, Article 13):
Human Rights Committee
Health and Safety (H&S) Committee
Contracting-Out and Political Actions Committee
Indigenous Council
Women’s and Gender Rights Committee
Global Justice Committee
Charitable Works Committee
Young Workers’ Committee
Safer Space Committee
2SLGBTQI+ Committee
Persons with a Disability Committee
Racialized Workers’ Committee