LOCAL UNION 5890 NOTICE OF NOMINATIONS

NOMINATIONS FOR THE ELECTION OF THE FOLLOWING LOCAL UNION EXECUTIVE POSITIONS WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:

 President
 Vice President
 Recording Secretary
 Financial Secretary
 Treasurer
 Trustee’s (3)
 Guide
 Inside Guard
 Outside Guard
 Chief Shop Steward (Steel)
 Chief Shop Steward (Pipe)
 Chief Shop Steward (O&T)

AS PER THE RECENT APPROVED LU BYLAW CHANGES, THE BARGAINING COMMITTEE SHALL CONSIST OF THE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, RECORDING SECRETARY, CHIEF SHOP STEWARD (PIPE), CHIEF SHOP STEWARD (STEEL) AND CHIEF SHOP STEWARD (O&T).

IF YOU ARE NOMINATING AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WILL BE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE NOMINATION MEETING, NOMINATION FORMS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM DENISE AT THE UNION OFFICE 569-9663 OR EMAIL HER AT DMANZ@USW.CA. PLEASE RETURN THE FORM TO DENISE AND IT WILL BE TAKEN TO THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING AS SCHEDULED BELOW. PLEASE ONLY SUBMIT “ONE” NOMINATION PER PERSON.

NOMINATIONS WILL CLOSE AT THE MEMBERSHIP MEETING, WHICH WILL BE HELD AS FOLLOWS. PRIOR TO CLOSING THE NOMINATIONS, NOMINATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM THE FLOOR:

DATE: Monday, March 16, 2015

TIME: 7:30 pm

LOCATION: Regina Union Centre, 2709 12th Avenue Regina (lower level)

ONLY ELIGIBLE USW MEMBERS ARE ENTITLED TO CONTEST FOR A POSITION. IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE NO ELIGIBLE MEMBERS WHO ACCEPT NOMINATION, NON-ELIGIBLE MEMBERS ARE ENTITLED TO BE NOMINATED AND RUN FOR THE POSITION.

IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE, A MEMBER MUST HAVE ATTENDED 1/3 (ROUNDED OFF TO THE NEXT HIGHEST WHOLE NUMBER) OF THE REGULAR MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS HELD IN THE LAST 24 MONTHS. THE NUMBER OF MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS IS REDUCED BY ANY EXCUSED ABSENCES DUE TO WORK, ILLNESS THAT CONFINES, ARMED SERVICES, JURY DUTY, BEREAVEMENT LEAVE AND UNION BUSINESS.