Safety and Health Corner – October 2024
Announcing the New AESES Safety & Health Committee
The AESES Board of Representatives recently established the AESES Safety & Health Committee to connect safety representatives across the AESES membership and promote consistency between workplace health and safety policies and practices at UM, UW, and St. Andrew’s College. The Membership consists of the AESES President or a designate, the Contract Administrators for UM and UW (Rob Parker and Joan Duesterdiek), and AESES Labour Relations Officer Lorne Hilton.
The rationale for creating this Committee is to be more supportive and connected to safety and health in the workplace. This new corner of the newsletter will be used to highlight the committee’s work, as well as share important safety & health tips and information to help nurture a community of caring – for our colleagues and ourselves.
Stay tuned for updates on the Committee’s activities in this section of the newsletter. Any workplace safety and health items you would like to bring to the committee’s attention can be emailed to labourteam@aeses.ca.
Currently we have 19 AESES appointed representatives on the safety committees at the UM and 3 at the UW.
There are vacancies in the following Local Area Safety and Health (LASH) committees:
- Nursing
- Education, St, Paul’s, St. John’s, NCTR, CATL
Any AESES-UM members working in the above areas interested in being the AESES appointed representative on the respective vacant LASH committee for a 2-year term can email labourteam@aeses.ca.
For more info on UM LASH committees, visit the UM Intranet website. For more information on the UW Workplace Safety & Health Committee, visit the UW Human Resources website.