BECAUSE:
BECAUSE:
• Canadians expect their governments to spend wisely, invest in their communities and recognize that the creation of healthy communities, good jobs and a strong economy are the responsibility of all levels of government; and • Canada’s manufacturing sector is critical to the economy; it is highly productive, generates the highest value-added and accounts for two-thirds of our nation’s total exports; and • Unbalanced global trade and the uncontrolled surge in the Canadian dollar have resulted in downsizing, layoffs, bankruptcies, plant closures, and the relocation of production to off-shore locations and within North America; and • Canada has lost a large number of good manufacturing jobs over the past five years, 190 every day, and the pace is accelerating across the entire range of manufacturing activity, including high-technology, resource-based and labour intensive industries; and • The loss of good manufacturing jobs has devastated workers, their families and entire communities from coast to coast, and severely limits job prospects for our children and grandchildren; and • Governments the world over, including those of our main trading partners, clearly understand the benefits of domestic purchasing rules including: the direct spin-off employment created, taxes generated, and the environmental benefits of local sourcing; and • International trade agreements signed by Canada specifically allow for domestic purchasing rules, including NAFTA and the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement.
The practice of voting on the committees’ recommendation of concurrence or non-concurrence is confusing, outdated and unnecessarily restrictive of the delegates’ ability to vote. A more straightforward practice is to simply vote directly on the motion itself. The committee’s recommendation is one of concurrence, and I so move. (M/S L. Crawford, M. Parker – Carried) Resolution C5 submitted by the Airline Division and Local 4041, Québec: CUPE NATIONAL WILL: Amend to Article 6.4 to read: “Representation at Convention shall be: Local Union: Up to 100 members 101 to 200 members 201 to 500 members 501 to 1,000 members 1,001 to 1,500 members 1,501 to 2,000 members 2,001 to 2,500 members 2,501 to 3,000 members
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For each additional 500 members or portion thereof – 1 additional delegate. Provincial Divisions District Councils Service Divisions Provincial Councils of Unions Councils of Unions Airline Division Components
The committee’s recommendation is one of concurrence, and I so move. (M/S J. Ravary, G. Lepine – Carried)
CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE REPORT
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Each national equity-seeking committee shall be entitled to one (1) delegate to the National Convention with full voice and paid for by the National Union.”
Resolution C26 covering Resolution C27 submitted by the National Executive Board, CUPE British Columbia and Local 4400, Ontario:
BECAUSE:
CUPE NATIONAL WILL:
• CUPE Airline Division has been in existence for more than 22 years; and • The structure of the division includes components, which are the bargaining committees recognized by all locals under their competence; and • The actual by-laws of CUPE do not recognize those components, which reduces the number of delegates that a local is permitted to have at the convention; and
Amend Article A.9 to read: “When a question is put, the Chairperson after announcing the question shall ask: “Are you ready for the question?”. The question shall be whether or not delegates are in favour of the motion on the floor. If no delegate wishes to speak, the question shall be put.”
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