Article 17 – Committees
i) Bargaining Committee:
The Bargaining Committee for Scarborough Health Network shall consist of the President of the Local, the site Vice Presidents and the site Chief Stewards and the recording secretary. The function of the Committee is to sit face to face across from the Employer in negotiations, to prepare collective bargaining proposals and to negotiate a Collective Agreement.
The CUPE representative assigned to the Local shall be a non-voting Member of the Committee and shall be consulted at all stages from formulating proposals, through negotiations, to contract ratification by the membership.
ii) Grievance Committee:
The Grievance Committee will be comprised of the President, recording secretary and the site lead stewards.
The Grievance Committee will meet on an Ad-Hoc basis to determine whether a grievance (which has not been settled through the grievance procedures set out in the collective) will be referred to mediation and/or arbitration based on a report from the CUPE National Representative or a legal opinion and in compliance with the Ontario Labour Relations Act duty of fair representation and the provisions of the CUPE Constitution and the By-Laws. The President is permitted to refer a grievance to mediation and/or arbitration for the purpose of complying with applicable time limits in the collective agreement. If the Grievance Committee determines a grievance will not be referred to arbitration, the affected grievor (s) may ask the Executive Committee to reconsider its decision at the following Membership meeting. The President is permitted to handle the grievance for the purpose of complying with time limits in the event the Executive Committee overturns the determination of the grievance committee and votes to refer the grievance to mediation and/or arbitration.
The function of the Committee shall be to review all new and outstanding grievances; track trends; research case law; prepare and distribute letters to the members; ensure grievance files are complete with fact sheets, liaise with the National Representative; make recommendations for labour management agenda items; and coordinate scheduling of grievances.
A written Grievance report will be presented at each Executive Committee Meeting and to each General Membership Meeting.
iii) Return to Work Committee:
The Committee is comprised of the President, and the site Vice Presidents.
It is the function of the Committee to educate and facilitate the return to work (RTW) for occupational and non-occupational injuries and illnesses and assist those members having attendance issues. The Committee shall review all new and outstanding RTW, WSIB and LTD issues and generally assist in the facilitation of the RTW process. The Committee shall maintain accurate records, track trends and make recommendations for the labour-management meetings and shall meet every other month if required.
iv) Bylaw Committee:
This committee will:
· Review the bylaws every two years and make recommendations to the Executive Committee on proposed amendments.
· Review any proposed amendments received from the Executive Committee or membership of the Local Union to ensure that the amendments will conform to the remainder of the bylaws and the CUPE National Constitution.
· Ensure that the Local Union’s bylaws are written in clear language, ensuring that clear language does not change the intent or meaning of the bylaws. The committee members will be the president, two executive committee members and two members elected by the Membership. The committee shall appoint its secretary from among its members. The National Representative assigned to the Local Union shall be a non-voting member of the committee and shall be consulted during the review process.
v) Ad Hoc Committee(s):
A Special ad hoc Committee may be established for a special purpose and period by the membership at a meeting. The members shall be elected at the same or another membership meeting or may, by specific authorization of the membership be appointed by the President or the Executive Committee. Two members of the Executive committee may sit on any special committee as ex-officio members. The Committee will disband upon the completion of the established function.
Each committee shall have an Executive member appointed to act as a liaison between the Ad Hoc Committee and the Executive Committee. There should be a limit of up to five members from the general membership on any Ad-Hoc Committee.