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Minutes from March 6-7, 2013 - OPSEU

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Minu te s fr om the Executive B oar d Meeting<strong>March</strong> 6 -7, <strong>2013</strong>25N EW BU S INE S SProv inc e Young Worker s C onfer enc e - Ch i l d C ar eCory, Mary for Thibode au , Carl forE l l io t, Ron abs ent Thoma s , Warr en forE l l io tt, Len for T o cke r, Jame s forF ahey, F e l ic i a for Tungatt, D ebb ie forCARRIED 1 8 - FOR 0 - AGA INSTRe s o lut i on for Conv ent i on 2 01 3Mov ed by Arbus / TungattWHEREAS <strong>OPSEU</strong> i s d e eply c ommi t ted to the improv ement of human r ights ev erywhere ;andWHEREAS a ba s ic l iv ing wage is a fund amenta l human r ight; andWHEREAS in d ev el op ing c ountrie s a minimum wage e i ther d o es no t ex ist or is no tenforc ed or is inade qu ate to me e t the r equ irements of prov iding the nec essitie s of l i fe ; andWHEREAS in many c ountr ie s a social s e curity system e i ther d o e s not ex i s t or is inad e qu a teto me et basic surv iv a l ne e d s ; andWHEREAS ev en in dev e l op e d c ountr ie s l ike Canada ther e are many who d o not hav e theab il ity to ac c e ss the minimum food r equ irements for he a lthy surv iv a l ; andWHEREAS a "minimum fo o d ba sket" i s c ons idere d to be a s tandard me asure of theminimum amount of food ne ede d for the he a lthy surv iv a l of a typ ic al familyTHEREFORE B E IT RE SOLVED THAT <strong>OPSEU</strong> form a c o a l ition of unions and e spec iallywith the CLC and NUPGE and through them to the Wor ld Labour Congr e s s , to worktoward the go al of a univ ers a l minimum wage and s o c ial s ecurity sys tem which wouldme e t the r equ ir ements of minimum fo o d b aske t in ev ery country .Roll Call Vo te #3 8A lme ida , Eddy for Gr imald i, Mike forArbus , Jef for L abell e , Sar a forB emi s ter, Rod for Longhi, G ord forB l ancher, Sand i for Lundy, D av id forBrown, Su e abs en t Mar ac l e , Krista forCormier , Chr is fo r Pr idham, N ancy forCory, Mary for Thib o d e au , Carl forE l l iot, R on abs ent Thomas, Warr en forEl l io tt, Len for Tocker, James forF ahey, F e l ic i a for Tungatt, D ebb i e forCARR IED 1 8 - FOR 0 - AGAINST

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