UNION STRUCTURE Colleen Morrison

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UNION STRUCTUREColleen Morrison
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OVERVIEW

• NAPE
• Components
• Bargaining Units
• Structure of Union Locals
• Affiliations

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NAPE

• Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public
  and Private Employees
• provincial union
• public institutions and private employers
• over 20,000 members
• 10 components
• 299 union locals
• approximately 106 collective agreements

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NAPE (contd)

• President / Secretary-Treasurer
• majority vote / membership at large
• Governed by Biennial Convention
• NAPE Constitution
• Executive Committee
• Biennial Convention
• Board of Directors
• Biennial Convention / Component Convention
• NAPE Constitution / B of D Policy Manual

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COMPONENTS (10)

• NL Liquor Corporation (5)
• Laboratory / X-Ray (6)
• Correctional Support (7)
• Educational Support / Local Government (8)
• Waterford Hospital (9)

• Private Sector (0)
• General Service (1)
• Hospital Support Staff (2)
• Maintenance and Operational Services (3)
• Faculty (4)

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FACULTY COMPONENT

• Three (3) bargaining units
• College of the North Atlantic
• Marine Institute
• St. Johns Independent School Inc. (Lakecrest)
• College of the North Atlantic
• seventeen (17) campuses
• seventeen (17) union locals

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LOCAL 1404

• Local Executive
• President / Vice President / Secretary /
  Treasurer
• Committees
• Shop Steward / Labour Management / Occupational
  Health and Safety
• By-Laws
• name / location / purpose / members / finances /
  administration / meetings / committees /
  elections / amendments
• NAPE Constitution / B of D Policy Manual

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COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

• Component Convention
• CONA faculty bargaining unit
• delegates from each local
• Resolutions
• submitted by locals
• voted on by delegates
• Negotiating Team
• five (5) members / regional representation

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RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

• District Labour Councils
• Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour
  (NLFL)
• National Union of Public and General Employees
  (NUPGE)
• Canadian Labour Congress (CLC)

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DISTRICT LABOUR COUNCILS

• Delegates from union locals in area
• Represent workers interests
• Chartered by Canadian Labour Congress (CLC)
• Financed by per capita fees
• Committee based

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NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR FEDERATION OF LABOUR
(NLFL)

• Since 1937 / CLC Charter
• Dues from member locals
• 65,000 members / 26 unions / 500 locals / 6
  District Labour Councils
• promote the interests of its affiliates and
  generally to advance the economic welfare of
  workers in NL and LB (NLFL Constitution)
• labour standards / labour relations / health and
  safety / workers compensation / social programs
  / equality and human rights

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NATIONAL UNION OF PUBLIC AND GENERAL EMPLOYEES
(NUPGE)

• Comprised of component unions (NAPE / BCGSEU /
  NSGEU / MGEU)
• Over 340,000 members
• Assist components on social, economic, and
  legislative matters
• Support during work stoppages
• Participation in Canadian Labour Congress (CLC)
• Dues - 2 of component revenues

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CANADIAN LABOUR CONGRESS (CLC)

• Over 3 million members
• National International Unions / Provincial
  Territorial Federations of Labour / 137 District
  Labour Councils
• Fair wages / safe workplaces / universal health
  care / equality rights / environmental issues
• Voice of unions in Canada
• Internationally - child labour / freedom of
  association / sweatshop alert

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