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Provincial Women's Committee
2008/2009 CUPE PEI’s Women’s Committee Contact List:
Karyn Noble - Division Liaison noblehouse@pei.sympatico.ca
Lori MacKay - Chair lorimackay3260@hotmail.com
Shirley Johnson – Local 1778 shirl_pei@hotmail.com
Melissa Bruce – Recording Secretary - Local 1870 mjbruce73@gmail.com
Wanda Livingstone – Local 1051 brae21@hotmail.com
Susan Cole - Local 1145 escole@pei.sympatico.ca
Pauline Gass - Local 830 pgass171@hotmail.com
CUPE PEI Union Development Mandate
Mandate:
The CUPE PEI Women’s Committee has a mandate to advocate for diverse women’s leadership at all levels in CUPE, to increase and support the active participation of women in influencing CUPE’s direction, and to fight for diverse women’s issues in CUPE, within the labour movement and in our communities, locally, nationally and internationally.
Terms of Reference:
Statement of Purpose
The CUPE PEI’s Women’s Committee mandate is to advise and advocate within CUPE to:
- Develop and promote diverse women’s leadership at the local and division levels of CUPE.
- Increase and support the active participation of diverse women in influencing CUPE’s direction.
- Fight for diverse women’s issues within CUPE, inside the labour movement, communities, locally, provincially and nationally.
Specific roles and obligations:
The Committee:
- Gives guidance to the work of Divisions.
- Helps build capacity within the union.
- Promotes women’s issues at CUPE PEI’s Annual Convention by submitting an annual report, resolutions, organizing a Women’s Caucus, providing materials and handouts on information tables etc.
- Meets a minimum of 2 times per year and reports back to the division after each meeting.
- Liaison with the Maritime Equality Rep. and work closely with the CUPE PEI Equality Committee.
- Work and support other labour women’s committees.
- Support local, provincial and national campaigns.
May 2009 Committee Report
CUPE P.E.I. Women’s Report
The CUPE P.E.I. Women’s Committee met on March 11th, 2009 at the CUPE P.E.I. office in Charlottetown. The meeting was very productive with information on CUPE P.E.I. Women’s Committee Mandate and Guidelines. The Committee Members discussed how to actively influence women’s issues in CUPE. To also work and support other labor women’s committees. The Committee also discussed a number of Resolutions and Constitutional Resolutions to put forth at the CUPE P.E.I. Convention. The Committee covered a lot of important information in one meeting. I feel as a Committee member, with the Mandate that was put forth, the CUPE P.E.I. Women’s Committee will be very interesting and active in accomplishing their goals.
Please join us for our Women’s Caucus at the CUPE P.E.I. Division Convention on May 14th, 2009.
Yours in Solidarity,
CUPE P.E.I. Women’s Committee Members
Karyn Noble- Division Liaison
Lori MacKay - Chair
Shirley Johnson - Local 1778
Melissa Bruce - Recording Secretary
- Local 1870
Wanda Livingstone - Local 1051
Susan Cole - Local 1145
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