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CAW Ontario Health Care Council
Local 229 Representative: Barb Maki, Vice President
As promised, the CAW National Union has formed the
Ontario Health Care Council. 12 Ontario Locals have health care units and they
are entitled to have a representative on the executive of this committee. The
first campaign for the Health Care Council will be a Long Term Care Campaign,
dealing with understaffing, workload, and increased costs for seniors while care
declines. The Committee is also actively working to see that the Romanow Report
is implemented.
Local 229 Health Care Committee
Chairperson: Lilly Aiello, St Joseph's Care Group
Executive Board Liaison: Barb Maki
The Local 229 Health Care Committee has been very active
since our first meeting in March, 2002.
Current projects include:
Supporting the Save Medicare Campaign
Developing a proposal for better RPN utilization
Researching and responding to flu shot issues
Minimum Staffing Standard for
Long Term Care
Future goals include dealing with violence in the
workplace and excessive workload issues.
Education Committee
Chairperson: Kari
Jefford
The Education Committee is small
in numbers however, large in ideas. Our main focus since being created in
February 2002 is to provide a way to educate our members on union issues that
they find useful. So far we organized a 3 day educational for all our stewards,
unit chairpersons and Executive Board members in the Spring. We combined this
with the new unit training offered by the National. Recently we adopted the
Education Policy that is produced by the National, set up dates for future one
day weekend schools based on the topics the members have indicated to be useful.
We also have developed policies and procedures for members to apply for
education and Paid Education Leave Programs. Our chairperson is Kari Jefford and she can be reached
through the Local office.
Request for Education Form
Grievance
Committee
Each unit of Local 229 has a
grievance committee which in many cases is the stewards of the unit and the unit
chair. The grievance committee meets as needed to review any grievances
that are beyond the final stage before arbitration.
Request for Grievance
Investigation Form
Communications Committee
Chairperson: Barb Maki
The Communications Committee is
responsible for maintaining the Local 229 Web Site and for developing and
distributing the newsletter, Local 229 Express. Suggestions can be sent to
the committee to the Local 229 office through the Financial Secretary, Jason
Cummings at jccaw229@tbaytel.net or by
leaving a phone message on the general mailbox. Newsletters are posted on
the web site in the news section.
WSIB
Committee
Chairperson: Jason Cummings
Local 229 formed the WSIB
Committee after a week long training session in November of 2002, where all 10
member participants became certified to Level 2. The WSIB committee
advises members on WSIB issues and provides representation for appeals. The
Chair can be contacted through the local office by phone at extension 4 or by
email at jccaw229@tbaytel.net
Health &
Safety Committee
Chairperson:
Kathleen Swerhun
The Local 229 Health and Safety
Committee was formed in January of 2003. The Committee encourage input from all
Local 229 workplaces, and will work on issues that are forwarded by the
membership. In February the Local will be hosting George Botic, CAW
National Health and Safety Representative who will be touring four workplaces in
our Local. The Committee is looking for new members. They can
be contacted through the Local Office by phone with messages to the general
mailbox or by email to
jccaw229@tbaytel.net
Women's Committee
Chairperson: Kathleen Swerhun
Executive Board Liaison: Suzanne Pulice
The Local 229 Women's Committee meet monthly on the second
Wednesday of the month. They provide the Local Units with valuable
information on women's issues and liaison with women's groups in the community.
Committee Chair Suzanne Pulice and Cherie McEvoy attended the Women's Conference
in Port Elgin in August 2002. They remind everyone that December 6th is the
National Day of Commemoration to End Violence Against Women in memory of the
Montreal Massacre, where 14 women, mostly engineering students, at Polytechnique
were killed.
Union in Politics Committee
Chairperson:
Executive Board Liaison: Jason Cummings
In September 2004 CAW Union leaders from across the country, met
in Port Elgin, Ontario. they unanimously endorsed the creation of a national and
3000 local “Union in Politics Committees” or UPCs. According the Ken
Lewenza, chair of the national UPC, this new structure will determine and carry
out the union’s political actions, on an “issue-based” rather than a
“party-based” approach to politics. When you can activate 265,000 members
and their leadership you’ve got a recipe for success and we will be a force to
be reckoned with at every level of government, municipal, provincial and
federal.” said Paul Forder Dir. Mobilization & Campaigns
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