Human Rights
Committee Members (2011-13)
Sandra Azocar, Vice-President, Chair
Altaf Ali, Local 006
Shamanthi Cooray, Local 006
Lisa Curran, Local 047
Glenn Harding, Local 003
Wanda Hodder, Local 071
Leslie Marquardt, Local 071
Troy Ormann, Local 012
Suzanne Rutledge, Local 009
Maria Marrazzo, Staff Advisor
Duties of the Human Rights Committee
AUPE’s Constitution sets out the duties of the Human Rights Committee as follows:
The Human Rights Committee shall:
- educate and promote awareness to the members and the public on equality, discrimination, current and related issues, especially as they relate to human rights issues;
- encourage and support involvement of members affected by human rights issues in Union activities, events and educational activities;
- promote involvement and support by AUPE members-at-large and communities affected by human rights issues;
- initiate action and participate in meetings, conferences, conventions and educational events on issues of concern related to human rights issues and coordinate these activities with other committees and organizations;
- lobby all levels of government and respectively human rights committees/commissions regarding human rights issues of concern to members;
- coordinate with all other public service unions and federations;
- review human rights legislation and regulations and promote and lobby for positive change;
- draft policies, briefs and other presentations on issues of human rights concern;
- report regularly to Provincial Executive and Convention; and
- establish a resource base on human rights issues to identify, analyze and exchange information with other groups.
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