AUPE Local 002

Employee Relations Committee

The members of the employee relations committee for 2010-11 are:

Mike Ettrich - Chair
Don Lindoff
Louise Gale
Dennis Coulthard
Jim Dick
Julia Mayes - Vice Chair
Edana Mayes

What is the function of the Employee Relations Committee?

The ERC is a committee of Local 002 Council members that meets regularly with the Employer’s representatives – mostly Corporate Human Resources (CHR) and various departments’ Human Resources consultants. Participants may bring up any issues not related to pending or existing grievances, terms and conditions of the Master Agreement, and issues for which other resolution mechanisms have not been explored.

The ERC meetings are important for making the Employer aware of concerns and issues that affect such matters as health and safety, operations, work/life balance, quality of service, equity, respect and recognition, training, recruitment and retention, and staff morale. The ERC also facilitates information exchanges about issues among the various departments employing Local 002 members. It is a mechanism for getting background information and influencing the Employer’s HR policy. In addition, Local 002 ERC members and the Employer’s representatives collaborate on various projects of mutual interest.

Your ERC Needs You! Your Employee Relations Committee needs your input. What work-related issues are you and your co-workers facing? Help us prioritize the issues that we bring to the Employer. On which issues should we focus most of our attention? Want to get involved as a worksite contact for ERC issues? Contact any member of your Employee Relations Committee listed above.