2024 November General Membership Meeting
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST OPSEU Membership Centre 1092 Dearness Drive London, ON N6E1N9
LDLC General Membership Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at 7p.m.
Topics are expected to include:
-WSIB (Kevin Jones)
-CUPW Bargaining UpdatePlease refer to the following documents prior to the meeting:
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Canadian Labour Congress/London and District Labour Council Harassment Statement
a) The CLC takes seriously its responsibility to ensure that all union functions are free of harassment. Discrimination and harassment are against the law and are in violation of the Constitution of the CLC.
b) Harassment includes but is not limited to:
i. Unwelcome remarks, jokes, innuendos or taunts about a person’s body, clothing, race, ancestry, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation or sexual self-identification, handicap/disability, age, marital status, family status, political or religious affiliation, place of national origin or record of offences;
ii. Insulting gestures and practical jokes, for example, of a sexist, racist or homophobic nature;
iii. Displaying of pornographic or racist pictures, graffiti or other material;
iv. Leering;
v. Refusing to talk to, or work with, a person because of their race, ancestry, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation or sexual self identification, handicap/disability, age, marital status, family status, political or religious affiliation, place of national origin or record of offences;
vi. Unwanted physical contact, such as patting, touching, pinching; vii. Sexual overtures;
viii. Sexual assault; and
ix. Physical assault.
c) Complaints of harassment at all Labour Council functions will be taken seriously and will be investigated immediately by CLC Representative and a member of the Executive Board.
Indigenous Land Acknowledgement
We begin this London and District Labour Council Meeting by acknowledging that we are meeting on aboriginal land that has been inhabited by Indigenous peoples from the beginning.
As settlers, we’re grateful for the opportunity to meet here and we thank all the generations of people who have taken care of this land – for thousands of years. Long before today, as we gather here, there have been aboriginal peoples who have been the stewards of this place.
In particular, we begin by acknowledging that these events like everything else we do take place on the traditional lands of the Haudenosaunee (pronounced Hoe –doe – no – show – knee), Anishinaabek (pronounced A-nish-naa-bek), Huron-Wendat, Attawandaron-Neutral and Lenape peoples, and that respect for the land and water and the Indigenous people and the treaties is fundamental to everything we do.
We recognize and deeply appreciate their historic connection to this place. We also recognize the contributions of Métis, Inuit, and other Indigenous peoples have made, both in shaping and strengthening this community in particular, and our province and country as a whole.
As settlers, this recognition of the contributions and historic importance of Indigenous peoples must also be clearly and overtly connected to our collective commitment to make the promise and the challenge of Truth and Reconciliation real in our communities, and in particular to bring justice for murdered and missing indigenous women and girls across our country.