Open positions on the CUPE 2950 Executive Committee

We have a few vacant positions open on our CUPE 2950 Executive Committee.
Joining our Executive can enhance your skills, give you the chance to learn new skills and network across campus as well as work with other union representatives as well as Management representatives. The Executive are members, just like you, elected by you at General Membership Meetings (GMMs) and are responsible for implementing the decisions that are brought up by you, our members.  We are looking for members to join us!

Does this sound interesting to you?

Find below a list of our current positions that are currently vacant. Nominations open at our GMMs – you can nominate yourself or a fellow member:

Education Committee Chair

• empowers members to know their rights
• responsible for educating and keeping the membership informed of various labour and union-oriented courses and seminars available:
  • CUPE Education
  • Vancouver District Labour Council Education
  • BC Federation of Labour Education Health & Safety Education
  • and more!
• may also liaise with other committees to organize workshops, seminars and lunch and learns for CUPE 2950 members around the Collective Agreement for example

Health & Safety Committee Chair

• represent the Local on Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committees (JOHSCs) and Local Safety Teams (LSTs)
• encourage members to attend health and safety training courses and work to ensure a safe, healthy workplace for all members by advising members of their rights and responsibilities under the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation;
• represent individual members of the Local at meetings with the Employer regarding concerns arising from Article 24 Working Conditions in our Collective Agreement. This Committee refers any concerns not resolved through the mechanisms of Article 24 to to the Grievance Committee

Job Evaluation Committee Chair

• report that Committee’s activities to the Local Executive and membership.
• chair Committee meetings and ensure minutes are taken

Lead Steward

• position open to an active Steward
• chairs the Steward Committee meetings and ensures minutes are taken
• report that Committee’s activities to the Local Executive and membership;
• responsible for overseeing and coordinating the training and education of stewards, also may provide a training seminar with assistance from the Executive
• becomes a member of the Grievance Committee (scheduled to meet every second Tuesday at 2pm)

Sergeant-At-Arms

• admits members in good standing, Local office personal, officers and officials of CUPE and guests invited by the Local Executive to membership meetings
• assists in maintaining the record of membership attendance at meetings by processing list of attendees during virtual and in-person gatherings

You will need to nominate yourself or have someone nominate you for an open position at a GMM. You can also nominate anyone else during the GMMs. At the following GMM, nominations will close for that position and if there’s no other interest, you will be acclaimed to the position. If there is more than one person nominated for a position, an election will be held at the following GMM and you may be asked to provide a brief note on why you would like to be considered for the position.

What can I expect?

To participate in the leadership of our union and attending Executive meetings as well provide reports at our GMMs (please note reports are not provided for all exec positions i.e. recording secretary and sergeant-at-arms). We also offer training to support member’s interests and you can learn more about labour relations.

Our Executive typically meets every second Tuesday to discuss the business of the local but usually meetings only take place once a month.

What will I learn?

Depending on the position, there’s opportunities to learn many different skills. Do you like organizing lunch and learns and workshops? Join our Education Committee or better yet, nominate yourself for the Education Committee Chair position on our Executive. Want to hone in on your problem solving skills? Become a Steward. Keen advocate for Health & Safety? Join our Health & Safety Committee or take the lead and become our Health & Safety Committee Chair.

Committees and Stewarding

Interested in joining a committee but not chairing? See our committee page here for a list of committees that you can get involved in.

Interested in becoming a steward? Find out more here and contact the office at office@cupe2950.ca for more information.