Minutes from March 6-7, 2013 - OPSEU

Minu te s fr om the Executive B o ar d MeetingMarch 6 -7, 20 1323N EW BU S INE S SNotic e of M otio n - Ch i l d C ar e Po l i cy Re c ons ider ation ( c ont . )F ahey, F e l ic i a for Tunga tt, D ebb ieCARRIED 1 5 - FOR 5 - AGA INSTaga ins tThe que s tion was c a l le d on the referral :Roll C a l l Vote #3 6Alme ida, Eddy for Grimald i , Mike agains tArbu s , Jef for Lab e l le, Sar a agains tB emister, Rod for L onghi, G ord aga ins tB l ancher, Sand i for Lundy, D av id forBr own, Su e for Maracle, Kr i s ta agains tCormier, Chr is for Pr idham, Nancy agains tC ory, Mary against Thibo de au , Carl forE l l io t, Ron for Thomas, Warren fo rEl l iott, L en for To cker, Jame s forF ahey, Felic ia aga ins t Tungatt, D ebb ie agains tCARRIED 1 2 - FOR 8 - AGAINSTA M inority Rep ort was file d by Mary Cory .Pr e s ident Thomas in the Chair .Prov inc e Young Worker s C onfer enc e - Chi l d C ar eMov ed Lab e l l e / C ormierWHEREAS young worker s fac e many barriers when entering the labour mov ement tob e c ome ac tiv ists and l e aders in opseu; andWHEREAS OPSEU ha s undertaken one o f the l arge s t s o c ial mapping proj e c ts in thelabour mov ement w i thin C anada to identi fy and r emov e b arriers tha t curr ently excludeequ ity s e ek ing group s fr om fu l l p ar tic ip ati on; andWHEREAS suc c e s s i on p l anning is e s s enti a l to c ont inu ing the trad ition of a strongv ibr ant, inc lu s iv e educ a te d and r enewed opseu; andWHEREAS hav ing a young fami ly withou t the option of on s ight child c are has be enid entified as a primary barr ier to p artic ip ati on a t the anu a l Internationa l Y outh D ayC onferenc e ;THEREFORE B E IT RE S OLVED THAT OPSEU p r ov id e on-s i te chi ld c are at theprov inc ial young workers c onferenc e re gard l e ss of the numb er of p ar t ic ip ants requ iringchi ld c ar e ; andB E IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT this me a sur e b e highl ighted in the appl ic a ti onfo rm and any o ther c ommuni c a t ion r e l a te d to the ev ent .