Union of Environment Workers Local 20147

The Annual General Meeting of UEW Local 20147 will be held January 19th, starting at 4:15 at 401 Burrard Street, Vancouver BC (RHQ) in Boardroom B. Agenda items to include:

• Executive elections
• By-law changes
• Executive and ctte reports
• New business and issues

The Annual General Meeting of Local 20147 was held January 27th, 2005 at the Coast Westerley Hotel in Courtenay, BC. This was a well-attended event, with many items and issues coming to the floor to be discussed and decided on. This recap is provided for those members who could not be in attendance.

• Local Officers Election: Five positions came up for election this time around and the following individuals were elected: Murray McPherson, President; George McElwee, 2nd Vice-President; Monique Bakker, Chief Health & Safety; Bettie-Anne Thompson, Secretary; Frank Snelgrove, Treasurer. The Executive welcomes new Secretary, Bettie-Anne Thompson, and thanks Murray Gilchrist (outgoing) for his years of service to the local.
• Convention Delegates: Those in attendance selected the following delegates for the Environment Component National Convention (happening this August in Winnipeg) – Murray McPherson, Tom Hopkins, George McElwee and Megan Adam. Alternates selected were Stephen Stewart, Monique Bakker, Frank Snelgrove and Perry Powers.
• Executive Report: A brief executive report was presented by Brother McPherson touching on the activities of the local executive over the previous year (grievances, fishery officer reclassification & strike organizing mainly)
• Address by Bill Pynn, National ENV Component President: Brother Pynn talked about the ongoing jurisdictional dispute between the ENV and UCTE components, issues with the hardship fund, and ongoing reclassification efforts.
• General Discussion with Nick Humphreys Regional Vice-President: Regarding ongoing job losses in the Pacific Region and new campaign being launched by the PSAC in BC to address program cuts that are impeding our members from fulfilling their legal mandates.