Apply to sit on CUPE's national committees
Applications for committee membership are now closed.
In keeping with the adopted 2005-2007 Strategic Directions policy document which called for the union to introduce a procedure for appointments to CUPE’s national committees and working groups to allow any member to apply for nomination, we are pleased to begin the third cycle of two-year nominations. This series of nominations to national committees and working groups would be for the years 2012-2013.
The procedure called for the following principles to be put in place:
“Introduce a procedure for appointments to CUPE’s national committees and working groups to allow any member to apply for nomination. The National President would make appointments from this pool of nominations in consultation with CUPE’s divisions. Candidates would be chosen to ensure that CUPE’s committees and working groups are made up of knowledgeable members and are (a) regionally representative, (b) made up of at least 50 per cent women, (c) representative of CUPE’s sectors, (d) representative of CUPE’s youth, members of colour, Aboriginal members, members with disabilities, and CUPE’s gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender community. Such a process would allow greater opportunities for women active on the local level to get active on a national level”.
We are seeking appointments to the following national committees and working groups:
- National Aboriginal Council
- National Advisory Committee on Pensions
- National Contracting Out and Privatization Co-ordinating Committee
- National Environment Committee
- National Global Justice Committee
- National Health and Safety Committee
- National Health Care Issues Committee
- National Library Committee
- National Literacy Committee
- National Pink Triangle Committee
- National Political Action Committee
- National Rainbow Committee
- National Women’s Committee
- National Young Workers’ Committee (open to members 30 years or younger)
- National Post-Secondary Task Force
- National Child Care Working Group
- Persons with Disabilities National Working Group
We encourage all activists and members to complete the online application form, or to download a printable form, complete it, and return it to CUPE National no later than Friday, January 20, 2012.