EPL Negotiations Committee Members

CSU 52 is recruiting Negotiations Committee Members for the Edmonton Public Library Collective Agreement negotiations.

Applicants are to be active CSU 52 Members (dues paying or on an employer-approved leave of absence) in good standing, who are confident in their ability to represent and articulate the interests, concerns and aspirations of member employees in all areas of the Library. Committee Members will be inclusive, collaborative, and attentive in their support of Library Member employees who will contribute to the bargaining process.

Building the Process

Committee Members will:

• engage the Library Membership in bargaining, work to identify issues and opportunities for collaborative action, and ensure the relevance of all proposals for bargaining;
• be responsible to attend all meetings associated with the bargaining process and will be responsible to fully contribute to research and communication tasks;
• commit to building a supportive team where individual skills are recognized and utilized.

Joe Childs (Director of Labour Relations, CSU 52) will act as Chief Negotiator and be responsible for the Committee.

If you are interested in being a part of this committee, please use the below online form link and submit your interest by Tuesday, November 30, 2021 detailing your interest in being a member of the Negotiations Committee. Alternatively, you may send an email to [email protected]

Committee member selection is done by a review committee consisting of Joe Childs (Chief Negotiator), Lori Jeffery-Heaney (Contractual Unit Director, EPL), Amanda Pickett (Labour Relations Officer, CSU 52) and Lanny Chudyk (President, CSU 52).

Accessing the Form

Before you use the below link, which will direct you to the form page, you must have an existing CSU 52 web account to be able to sign in (i.e. only EPL members with a CSU 52 web account can access the form page).