Notice of Nominations & Election Delegates to Screeners Conference
Dear Brothers and Sisters:
The International Association of Machinist & Aerospace works together with the United Steel workers will be hosting the very first Screeners Conference. The Screeners conference will represent 90 % of the screeners across Canada and will take place during the first week of February 2014.
Local Lodge 2921 will send 14 delegates to attend the conference.
Nominations & Elections for this position are as follows:
Date of Nomination: November 21, 2013 at Sheraton Gateway Hotel at 14:00 hrs.
Date of Election: December 17, 2013 at Sheraton Gateway Hotel 0700-2100
Eligibility: Members in attendance may accept nomination. Nominees not in attendance will be required to submit their acceptance in writing to the Recording Secretary (via fax, mail or in person but not e-mail) to be read out at the nomination meeting.
Bylaw of Local Lodge no. 2921 Article 2 Section H
In order for any member to be eligible for nomination to a local lodge office or committee, shop steward, delegate, or any Local Lodge sponsored convention, conference or seminar, the member must be in good standing for a period of one (1) year and have attended at least fifty percent (50%) of the regular Local Lodge monthly meetings in the preceding twelve (12) months of their nomination.
In order to qualify for this position, you must have signed an IAM card as of November 21, 2012
Absentee Ballots: Members who reside in outlying districts more than 25 miles /40km from the Local Lodge (as determined by Google Maps, MapQuest or the like, members who are either confined because of verified illness or on vacation or on official IAM business, approved by the Local Lodge, District Lodge or Grand Lodge, or on an employer travel assignment, as the case may be, may request an absentee ballot request form.
Any member entitled to receive an absentee ballot shall make a written request (form on 2921 website) to the Recording Secretary of the Local Lodge by delivering in person or mailing such request not later than 30 days before the election.
In Solidarity,
Caterina Barone
Recording Secretary