The Health and Safety Program
2007 PSAC National Health and Safety Conference
“REGULATION WORKS!”
CALL FOR RESOLUTIONS
THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF RESOLUTIONS IS October 20th, 2006
Preparations for the 2007 PSAC National Health and Safety Conference to be held in Ottawa from January 19 to 21, 2007 are well underway.
CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES:
The objectives of the 2007 National Health and Safety Conference are:
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To outline the current government and employer agenda which includes deregulation and demonstrate how it will affect our health, safety and environmental rights.
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To develop a union agenda to counter the move towards deregulation of health, safety and environmental protections and employer voluntary compliance.
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To expose the misrepresentation behind the current "behavioural-based safety programs" being promoted by employers that reworks the classic "blame the worker" theory.
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To develop union tactics to counter the "myth of the careless worker".
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To examine the current state of enforcement of health and safety legislation in order to develop union-based strategies that will better protect workers.
The resolutions should be aimed at strengthening and improving the Union's work on health and safety issues and at advancing our objectives.
Resolutions will be discussed, debated and voted on at the Conference and then subsequently submitted to the appropriate bodies including the next PSAC Triennial Convention in 2009.
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The traditional resolutions process will be utilized for the 2007 PSAC National Health and Safety Conference (i.e. resolutions committee, debate at the Conference).
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All PSAC constitutionally recognized bodies and union structures will be entitled to forward resolutions to the 2007 PSAC National Health and Safety Conference.
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Only five (5) resolutions per body/structure will be accepted.
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Please limit your resolution to a maximum of 150 words.
Should you have any questions regarding the resolutions process, please contact Jeff Bennie, the PSAC Health and Safety Program Officer by email at benniej@psac-afpc.com. The TDD number is (613) 594-9394.
Resolutions can be sent to Sue Courchaine, Programs Section by email at courchs@psac.com or
by fax at: (613) 236-9402;
or
by regular mail at:
2007 PSAC National Health and Safety Conference
Public Service Alliance of Canada
c/o Sue Courchaine
233 Gilmour Street,
Suite 901
Ottawa , Ontario
K2P 0P1
In Solidarity,
Patty Ducharme
NEVP |
Jérôme Turcq
REVP Quebec |
2007 PSAC National Health and Safety Conference Co-Chairs In a Resolution that was adopted by the NBoD in June 2006, resolutions that are being submitted for the PSAC Triennial Convention will be accepted in either the traditional format or in a clear language format. Therefore either of the following resolution specifications may be used in order to submit resolutions for the 2007 PSAC National Health and Safety Conference.
The following is a sample resolution reproduced in both the Traditional format and the Clear Language format:
TRADITIONAL FORMAT
TITLE: SCENT FREE POLICY
ORIGINATOR: UVAE – LOCAL 0043
LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN: E
WHEREAS employees should have the right to work in a scent free/chemical free environment and should not have to become sick at work because some of the products used by other employees are too strong and are making them ill: and
WHEREAS many employees experience severe reactions to various scented products including perfume and aftershave; and
WHEREAS not having clean air to breathe in their working environment is a Health and Safety issue; and
WHEREAS with a scent free working environment, all employees could breathe easier;
BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Federal Government of Canada establish a scent free policy for all Government Offices.
CLEAR LANGUAGE FORMAT
TITLE: SCENT FREE POLICY
ORIGINATOR: UVAE – LOCAL 0043
LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN: E
THE PROBLEM OR ISSUE:
Employees should have the right to work in a scent free/chemical free environment and should not have to become sick at work because some of the products used by other employees are too strong and are making them ill.
Many employee experience severe reactions to various scented products including perfume and aftershave.
Not having clean air to breathe in the work environment is a Health and Safety issue and with a scent free work environment, all employees could breath easier.
THE ACTION REQUESTED:
That the Federal Government of Canada establish a scent free policy for all Government Offices.
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