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Safety and Health Corner – October 2024
Sunday, October 1st, 2023
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.
Call For Constitution and Bylaw Changes
Sunday, October 1st, 2023
Submit your suggestions
The AESES Constitution and Bylaws govern the manner in which AESES must conduct itself. Procedures such as the selection of the bargaining team, election of the Executive and the method by which the AESES Board of Representatives is chosen, which are all spelled out in the Constitution and Bylaws.
Members have the opportunity to propose changes to the AESES Constitution and Bylaws. Suggestions for changes are reviewed by the Board of Representatives, whose job is to then present the proposed amendments for a vote at a future Annual General Meeting (AGM). Member proposals for Constitution and Bylaw changes are published in the AGM booklet in advance of the meeting.
Please take the time to read through our current Constitution and Bylaws, available for download: aeses.ca/publications/constitution-bylaws
If you would like to see any amendments made to the Constitution and Bylaws, please submit your suggestions to us via email at aeses@aeses.ca. The deadline for submissions of proposed changes is November 10, 2024.