WestJet, WestJet Encore & Swoop By-elections
Dear Members,
Nominations for various Committees and Union Steward positions are now open.
Please review the following information carefully:
Nominations Open: June 16, 2021 @ 03:00 PT / 04:00 MT / 06:00 ET
Nominations Close: June 22, 2021 @ 15:00 PT / 16:00 MT / 18:00 ET
Members In Good Standing (signed card and paid $5 Membership fee) can nominate other Members In Good Standing at their own airline. If you wish to participate in this nomination and election process and have not signed a card, please sign a card and pay the $5 Membership fee on our website at least 24 hours before the nomination & election end for processing. SIGN A CARD HERE
Vacant Positions:
WestJet
Scheduling Review Committee – 1 per base
Uniform Committee – 1 per base
Health & Safety Committee – 2x YYZ base only*
*(must be an active employee)Union Steward 1x YVR base only
Committee Against Racism and Discrimination (CARD) – 1 (any base)
Commuter Committee – 1 per base
Return to Work – 1 per base
Temporary Bylaw Committee – 1 per base
Women's Committee – 1 (any base)
WestJet Encore
Scheduling Review Committee – 1 (any base)
Uniform Committee – 1 (any base)
Health & Safety Committee – 1x YYZ base only*
*(must be an active employee)Union Steward – 2x YYC base / 8x YYZ base
Committee Against Racism and Discrimination (CARD) – 1 (any base)
Commuter Committee – 1 (any base)
Return to Work – 1 (any base)
Temporary Bylaw Committee – 1 per base
Women's Committee – 1 (any base)
Swoop
Scheduling Review Committee – 1 (any base)
Uniform Committee – 1 (any base)
Committee Against Racism and Discrimination (CARD) – 1 (any base)
Return to Work – 1 (any base)
Temporary Bylaw Committee – 1 (any base)
Women's Committee – 1 (any base)
(The nominee and nominator must be from the same base if the vacancy is base specific)
Nomination Forms:
WESTJET
WESTJET ENCORE
SWOOP
All nomination forms must be filled out electronically or printed and scanned and sent by email to: elections@cupe4070.ca by June 22, 2021 @ 15:00 PT / 16:00 MT / 18:00 ET
Please include the position and nominee name in the subject line of your email.
NOTES:
The nominator must discuss the nomination with the nominee and both must be Members In Good Standing (Signed Union card and paid $5 membership fee)
Only one nomination form is required per nominee for the same position.
You cannot nominate yourself.
Nomination Confirmation:
On June 23, 2021, all Members who have been nominated will be sent an email from Marco Di Virgilio, Recording Secretary & Returning Officer, asking if they will allow their name to stand on the ballot and accept the nomination. These individuals will have until June 25, 2021 @ 15:00 PT / 16:00 MT / 18:00 ET to accept or decline their nomination.
If you are nominated for a position, please monitor your email and spam/junk folder during this period. Nominees who do not reply by the deadline will automatically be considered to have declined their nomination.
Resume/Information Sheet:
All nominees that accept their nomination will be given the opportunity to provide a one (1) page (8.5x11 size) resume/info sheet which can be posted on our social media pages and website with links sent by email to all Members In Good Standing for review.
Nominees must send their resume/info sheet in PDF format to: elections@cupe4070.ca by June 25, 2021 @ 15:00 PT / 16:00 MT / 18:00 ET. You can start creating your resume/information sheet ASAP.
PLEASE DO NOT
Submit large file resume/info sheets
Use company logos
Provide any information you don’t want public
Elections:
START: June 28, 2021 @ 03:00 PT / 04:00 MT / 06:00 ET
END: July 4, 2021 @ 15:00 PT / 16:00 MT / 18:00 ET
Electoral Officer:
The Electoral Officer for this election will be Kendra Thibault, WestJet Encore Cabin Crew Member - YYC Base.
In Solidarity,
Marco Di Virgilio, Recording Secretary & Returning Officer - CUPE 4070