Station Safety Representive Elections
Dear Members:
I hope each and every one of you have had a safe holiday season so far. The election process for electing our Station Safety Representatives throughout the Province starts January 1, 2017.
In Oct 2012, I introduced a creation of a new bylaw (13.b14) at our Annual Convention, which defines station level elections. The bylaw reads:
“The elections of all station level positions shall be held biennially, within the relative station.
(a) Station level positions shall be defined as: Shop Steward and Station Safety Representative.
(b) Nominations shall commence biennially on January 1 and shall remain open for a period no less than three (3) weeks.
(c) Elections shall commence biennially on February 1 and shall remain open for a period no less than three (3) weeks.
(d) Results from station elections shall be forwarded to the appropriate Regional Vice President or Provincial Safety Director within seven (7) days of election close.
(e) For posts, which require Platoon Safety Representatives, positions shall be elected from the pool of Station Safety Representatives within the relevant district.
(f) All positions shall be subject to an election commencing January 2013, with all positions subject to elections biennially thereafter.”
These Station Safety Representative positions are for 2 years.
The elected Station Safety Representatives will be responsible for attending the DOSH meeting in March in their relative Region or District.
At that face-to-face meeting, a Committee Co-Chair person will be selected among the Safety Representatives of that Region or District.
“For post, which require Platoon Safety Representatives, positions shall be elected from the pool of Station Safety Representatives” … as well as a Committee Co-Chair.
All stations should commence nominations on Jan 1, 2017.
A nomination form for use in the station level only can be found here:
https://www.apbc.ca/files/5613/5699/1634/APBC_STN_Nomination_Form_v1.2e.pdf .
Once again, these elections are to take place at the station level, organized by the Shop Steward and reporting back to your regional Recording Secretary. The timelines are outlined in the bylaw.
For questions on station level election processes, please refer to this page:
https://www.apbc.ca/members-area/elections/station-level-elections/
Remember, these are “our” Safety Representative positions…so let’s get involved, and be a part of keeping us all safe.
Please feel free to contact your RVP or myself if you have any questions about this election process.
In solidarity,
Corey Viala
Provincial Safety Director
Ambulance Paramedics of B.C
C.U.P.E. Local 873?
250-354-8135(c)
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