Delegates to the Society’s 91st Annual General Meeting will be voting on dozens of resolutions and approving the budget for the coming year.
Many of the resolutions to be debated at the AGM involve governance issues, such as how the provincial executive and president are elected.
For example, one resolution suggests the provincial executive be made up of regional representatives, from 11 geographical areas.
The resolution, submitted by the Winnipeg Teachers’ Association, says the change would ensure the provincial executive represents the whole province.
“Once elected, the PEx member would have some direct contact with this region over the course of a year,” it says. “The proposed structure would see all parts of the province represented on the PEx in a manner that reflects the member population of that area.”
Another recommends the president, now elected by a membership-wide vote, be elected by delegates to the AGM.
If adopted, another resolution would see term limits placed on members of the executive. For example, members would only be able to serve three two-year terms.
Other resolutions include:
- Recommendations to change the Society’s policy on provincial bargaining.
- One calls for a method that includes specific steps in a provincial bargaining model.
- Another calls for the Society to remove any reference to provincial bargaining from its policies.
- A call to have the provincial Workplace Safety and Health Act include regulations to address not just workplace violence, but also psychological and emotional harassment and bullying.
