UPDATED January 31, 2006
Report From the Federation’s 41st Annual Convention
On November 4 and 5, the PEI Federation of Labour held
its 41st annual convention at the Howard Johnson’s Dutch Inn in North
River. There were 90 delegates at this year’s convention from our 45
affiliated union locals here on PEI.
The theme of this year’s convention was Our World, Our Struggle and in
keeping with that theme the federation invited Karl Flecker of the
Polaris Institute to conduct a workshop on Globalization and also held
a sweatshop fashion show.
Other guest speakers this year included: CLC Executive Vice President,
Marie Clark Walker; Doreen Wall(CUPE) who spoke on the East Coast
Education Tour of Columbian Trade Union workers and the Labour College
of Canada Alumni; Mark Greenan, Co-ordinator of the Yes on MPP
Coalition; Eileen Leclair (UPSE), Silent Witness Project; and Minister
responsible for Labour Elmer Macfadyen.
The delegates debated and accepted 14 resolutions at this year’s
convention on a wide range of topics including: Child Care, two-tier
minimum wage, immigration, poverty, temporary foreign workers in the
construction industry, the plebiscite on electoral reform, overtime
exemptions in the Employment Standards Act, globalization, adding
another statutory holiday, removal of WCB’s 3 day waiting period,
replacement of the Holiday Island ferry, removal of severance pay as a
collateral benefit in the WCB Act,
appointments to the Labour Relations Board, and the closure of the mail
sorting plant in Quebec City and proposed closures in other locations
On the election front, Blair Penny (IBEW) and Chris Vessey ( PSAC) were
re-elected by acclamation Vice President and Treasurer
respectively, and Linda Dockendorff (UPSE) was voted in to the VP
(woman) position.
Federation President Carl Pursey, also updated the delegates on the
status of the Monument honouring all workers who have been injured or
have died on Island worksites that we are trying to establish on land
around the Coles Building in Charlottetown.
President's Report
CLC
Executive Vice-President Marie Clarke Walker' s Speech at our
Recent Convention
Resolutions from Convention
Photos
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