EDMONTON – The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees is reaching out to its younger members through an Internet-based survey.

"We need to get younger members involved in AUPE so that we will continue to grow and become stronger as a union," said AUPE President Dan MacLennan. "We will be using this Web-based survey as one tool for identifying younger members and encouraging them to become active in AUPE."

The survey will be launched tomorrow, April 17, on AUPE’s Web site – aupe.org.

The aim of the survey, an initiative of AUPE’s newly formed Youth Mobilization Committee, is to identify union members under 30 years of age, discover what their work-related concerns and priorities are and help them to get involved in union activities, said AN AUPE Vice-President, chairperson of the committee.

"We know there are many younger members who may not know how to get involved in their union and we want to assist them in playing an active role and make them feel welcome," S said.

"We know that youth will bring new ideas, a refreshing perspective and an energetic commitment to AUPE," S said.

"The survey is one way to achieve this goal and also to learn about their ideas and to identify their goals for AUPE," he said.

S said the Youth Mobilization Committee, which was formed on the instructions of AUPE’s annual convention last January, wants to help young members connect with one another to generate discussions, activities and gatherings.


For more information, contact:
Dan MacLennan, President, AUPE, 780-930-33011 or 780-910-8392 (cellular phone)
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David Climenhaga, Communications Director, AUPE, 780-930-3311 or 780-717-2943 (cellular phone)

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