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The next General Meeting will\u00a0take place\u00a0on April 14 at 16:30.\u00a0 Nominations will be held for the positions of\u00a0five (5) stewards (3 for RRC and 2 for Siemens) and two (2) H&S representatives, one for each company.\u00a0 In a nutshell,\u00a0below are the descriptions of each position:<\/p>\n A union steward<\/strong> is the first point of contact for a member when an issue arises that concerns\u00a0a lodge member or members within their group.\u00a0 This may relate to the interpretation of the Collective Agreement that may involve other lodge members or non-lodge members.\u00a0 Stewards may also be present in instances involving disputes between the company and a union member(s).\u00a0 Stewards attempt to resolve issues at the ground level rather than having the issue escalated.\u00a0 Other tasks include distribution of information, attending certain meetings and\u00a0explaining the Collective Agreement.\u00a0 Good communication skills are definitely an asset!<\/p>\n A Health and Safety Representative<\/strong> will be part of each company’s H&S Committee (Title will vary).\u00a0 A H&S representative will\u00a0always be on the watch for\u00a0any unsafe working conditions and will seek to resolve these situations in a timely fashion.\u00a0 Members will contact the H&S representative for any H&S concerns.\u00a0 Attendance\u00a0at H&S meetings is compulsory.\u00a0 A background in H&S is beneficial but not essential.<\/p>\n For both these roles, attendance is required at the General Meetings\u00a0 in order to share information with other members of the lodge.\u00a0 Training will be provided in all cases.<\/p>\n For further information regarding either role, contact myself, Nathalie Meunier, Shahira Azmy or Matt McGinn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nomination of Stewards and H&S Reps \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The next General Meeting will\u00a0take place\u00a0on April 14 at 16:30.\u00a0 Nominations will be held for the positions of\u00a0five (5) stewards (3 for RRC and 2 for Siemens) and two (2) H&S representatives, one for each company.\u00a0 In a nutshell,\u00a0below are the descriptions of each position: A union steward is the first point of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2468.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2468.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2468.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2468.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2468.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=211"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2468.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1805,"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2468.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions\/1805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2468.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2468.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2468.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Safety_First\"](\"http:\/\/iamaw2468.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IAM_Steward_Button.jpg\")
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