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REPORT OF THE CEIU BY-LAWS CO= MMITTEE

 

The Committee met in Ottawa September 27, 2003

 

Committee:           Donna MacDonald

Stephen Purcell

Francine Vézina

Pat Wakefield

 

Ex-Officio:            Janet Letwinka, National Executive Vice-President, CEIU

 

As= sistance: Louise Harrod, Executive Secretary, CEIU<= o:p>

 

Stephen Purcell and Pat Wakefield co-chaired the meeting.

 

 

1.       Trusteeships – Locals 10404, 10434, 10440, 10449, and 10461<= /p>

(See September 2003 N.E. Meet= ing agenda items 16 (b) to 16 (f))

 

Locals 10404 and 10434 will h= ave full executives, therefore, the recommendations to place the locals under trusteeship have been withdrawn.

 

The Committee agrees in princ= iple with the recommendations to place locals 10461 and 10449 under trusteeship, pending the receipt of supporting documentation as required by CEIU Regulat= ion No. 19, Section 1.2 and 1.3 which state:

 

1.2     All recommendations must be accompanied by full particulars of how the local has violated the By-Laws, details of efforts made to rectify the situation prio= r to the recommendation and evidence that the local has been notified of the proposed recommendation for trusteeship.

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1.3     All recommendations and supporting documentation will be sent to the By-Laws Committee for a determination that sufficient documentation has been provid= ed so as to allow reasoned deliberations and decision by the National Executiv= e.

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The Committee also considered= the recommendation in regards to Local 10440, Agenda Item 16(b), N.E., September 2003, and also agrees in principle with the recommendation.

 

The Committee reminds National Executive members to include supporting documentation with any recommendati= ons, not only for the Committee to review, but also as the supporting documentat= ion forms an integral part of the record.

 

The Committee also wishes to = state that the Committee’s recommendation in no way questions the integrity= of the submitted resolutions. The Committee though, is bound to review and make its recommendations based on CEIU’s By-Laws, Regulations, and Policie= s.

 

2.       Policy 26 – Funding Members to Attend Conferences

 

In accordance with Recommenda= tion 5 of the Women’s Committee Report, the Committee recommends that “coalition partners” be inserted after “sponsored by CEIU, PSAC,” in the preamble and, in Section 3.2, after “Federation of Labour”.

 

3.       Regulation 20 – Establishment of Regional Organizations

 

The Committee found Recommend= ation 9 of the Finance Committee Report to be too general, and requests more conc= ise direction and information from the Finance Committee. Therefore, the Commit= tee refers the recommendation back to the Finance Committee.<= /p>

 

The Committee will canvass the National Executive after this National Executive meeting, by e-mail, for comments in regards to this recommendation, and Regulation 20.

 

The Committee tabled this rec= ommendation pending the response to the referral to the Finance Committee and canvass of the National Executive.

 

4.       Policy 12 – Anti-Harassment and PSAC Policies 23A and 23B and

Recommendations of Investigat= ion Committee (Ontario Audit)

 

The Committee tabled this ite= m to a December By-Law’s Workgroup meeting. The Committee will canvass the National Executive for comments, by e-mail, on this item.=

 

 

 

5(a).  Life Membership for René Coupal (Sept. 2003 N.E. Ag= enda Item 20(a))

 

The Committee confirms that t= he recommendation is in accordance with Regulation 11 and all required documentation has been received. The Committee recommends the resolution be presented to the National Executive.

 

5(b).  Life Membership for Colleen Malinosky (Sept.2003 N.E. Agen= da Item 20(b))

 

The Committee also reviewed A= genda Item 20(b), and confirms that the recommendation is in accordance with Regulation 11 and all required documentation has been received. The Committ= ee recommends the resolution be presented to the National Executive.

 

On an approval of the resolut= ion by the National Executive, the awarding of Life Membership will be held in abeyance until full retirement from the Federal Government Public Service h= as occurred.

 

6.&n= bsp;            = ;     Regulation 18 – Election of the NVP and Alter= nate for Human Rights

 

As per the Committee’s Terms of Reference, the Committee is obliged to create a new regulation, seeing as the NVP and Alternate for Human Rights a= re not voted by balloting committees.

 

Louise Harrod will prepare the wording of the regulation and the Committee will re= view the regulation before presenting it to the National Executive at its next meeting.

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7.<= span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>         = Interim Policy 29 – Scent-Free Environments

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There is no PSAC Policy at this time, so the CEIU Policy is an interim one. The “PSAC Scent-Free Notice” and CEIU letter on “Scent-Free Environments – CEIU Workers” sent to all CEIU Locals will be included with this interim policy.

 

Written notice shall be included in all packages sent from any CEIU office for any = CEIU event or official gatherings.

 

Scent-Free Awareness Kits are available from PSAC Regional Offices.

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8.<= span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'>         = Duty to Accommodate

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The Committee tabled this item pending input and information from which the Committee will develop a policy.

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Step= hen Purcell

Co-Chair

 

Pat Wakefield

Co-Chair

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