Negotiating Committee

1. This shall be a special ad hoc Committee established at least two (2)
   months prior to the expiry of the Local’s Collective Agreement and
   automatically disbanded when a new Collective Agreement has been
   signed.
2. The function of the Committee is to prepare collective bargaining proposals
   and to negotiate a collective agreement. Prior to Negotiations, the
   Committee will seek items of proposals from the Membership.
3. The Committee shall consist of two (2) members and an alternate, all
   elected at a membership meeting, and the President. The alternate will be
   called upon only when one of the (3) standing members is absent.
4. The CUPE Representative(s) 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.
5. Motions of the Negotiating Committee in matters of contract ratification are
   neither amendable nor subject to tabling or any other delaying motions and
   must be dealt with at meetings where said motions are an order of business.
6. Advisors to the Negotiating Committee shall be selected as deemed
   necessary by the Committee to provide the necessary expertise at the
   bargaining table.

Current Members:   Corey Pielak, Steven MacAuley, Rob Donald