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Anti-Privatization

2012 Anti-Privatization Committee

Committee Members (2011-13)

Karen Weiers, Vice-President, Chair
Nancy Burton, Local 045/048
Brian Cook, Local 012
Bill Erickson, Local 003
Bruce Macdonald, Local 046
Danielle Nadeau McMillan, Local 039
Jason Pilot , Local 071
Melanie Roy, Local 009
Nancy Woods, Local 054

Trevor Zimmerman, Staff Advisor

Duties of the Anti-Privatization Committee

AUPE’s Constitution sets out the duties of the Anti-Privatization Committee as follows:

The Anti-Privatization Committee shall:

  1. promote the education of the members and public as it relates to matters of privatization and contracting out;
  2. lobby all levels of government with respect to privatization and contracting out of services;
  3. coordinate with all other public service unions and federations;
  4. report regularly to the Provincial Executive;
  5. establish a data base, in coordination with other unions, of all efforts at privatization and contracting out and the results of these efforts;
  6. draft presentations to be made by the President, or the President’s designate, regarding matters of this Committee; and
  7. promote the Policy Paper on Privatization and Contracting Out of Services as adopted by Convention.

Anti-Privatization Sub-Committee Protocols

  1. Local elects or appoints Sub Committee member(s)
  2. Local decides the number of Sub Committee members
  3. Identify key issues on the work site(s)/in Chapter/Local
  4. Education the Local Council on P.E.R.M.
  5. Work on Local issues
  6. Pass “global” issues on to the Standing Committee (i.e. advertising ideas)
  7. Maintain communication with the Standing Committee
  8. Maintain communication with other Sub Committees
  9. Take a leadership role – educate your Local
  10. Research Local issues
  11. Forward Sub Committee meeting minutes to the Standing Committee