SGM Results
The AMUSE Special General Meeting was a huge success; several important developments were voted on and approved by the membership. In case you weren’t able to make it, here is a brief overview of the results:
A large set of changes to our By-Laws was approved. These changes were predominantly concerned with incorporating the new Unit B (Floor Fellows) into the AMUSE structure, as well as some policy housekeeping. The complete text of our updated By-Laws can be found here.
Fiona Ross has been acclaimed as AMUSE’s new Communications and Outreach Officer! AMUSE is very excited to welcome her to the Exec team, and wishes the outgoing Officer, Ben Patrick Stidworthy, the best of luck and fun on his world tour!
A motion to allocate $10,000 to the newly accredited Unit B of AMUSE (Floor Fellows) to cover their liberation expenses through the bargaining process was also approved. This will allow the Floor Fellows to function financially as they negotiate their first Collective Agreement.
The full text of this motion as well as the minutes from the SGM can be found here.
Thanks again to everyone who attended the Special General Meeting!
Summer Fridays
This summer many of you will be working in offices where your MUNACA colleagues are taking ‘Summer Fridays’ or ‘Summer Flex-Days’: paid days off.
AMUSE members working full-time should not be prevented from working on those days! There is no standard protocol for how departments deal with ‘casuals’ on Summer Fridays, but please do get in touch with us if your office is closed or you are prevented from coming in to work on those days.
MUNACA Merge reminder
Thank you to everyone who looked at the documents sent out in our last newsletter! We’ve already received some wonderful feedback from our members and look forward to seeing some of you at our first information session on July 17th from 15:00-17:00 in Arts 150.
If you want to talk to someone about the merger, send us an email! Or even better, seek out the MUNACA members in your workplace and talk to them about it.
If you haven’t yet had a chance to look over the documents, the proposal draft can be found here:Better Together
And the FAQ document can be found here
Meet Fiona!
Hey team, I’m Fiona, the newly elected Media and Outreach Officer and I’m really excited to be joining the executive. After joining the Board of Representatives in February, I’ve been getting steadily more involved in the union and am starting to settle in to my new position. I’m a recent graduate of McGill, as well as an usher at Moyse Hall. Look out for updates over the coming weeks and I look forward to answering all your questions!
