Alberta Federation of Labour Women's Committee Report to PSAC Local 30048
By Sherry Hunt
Item 1: Commemorative/Fundraiser Brunch: “Mourn, Remember . . . Live For Change”
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence against Women (Declared in 1991 by the Federal Gov’t and is the Anniversary of the Montreal Massacre)
Murrieta’s On Whyte Ave Edmonton, AB
10:30am -1:00pm
2 Speakers:
1) Janice Papin, relative of Georgina Papin (One of the Aboriginal women, R. Picton was convicted of murdering.)
2) PSAC REVP Robyn Benson
Tickets will be $85 split 50/50 between cost of brunch and Charity
Charity: Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters (ACWS) and will be earmarked to go to Women at Risk, particularly Aboriginal women who suffer violence at much higher rates than others. In the south Pincher Creek has one of these shelters.
Door Prizes are donated by the various Locals and Unions represented.
Seating will be randomly mixed to Facilitate networking.
Item 2: “Project 2012”
-Celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the formation of the AFL ( in Lethbridge!!!) and the Labour movement in Alberta.
-Working with “The Alberta Labour History Institute: (ALHI)
AFL is planning the release of a book, several pamphlets, Poster series, an oral history of the Alberta Labour movement, several public and museum displays, Maria Dunn Concert tour (she can be booked by individual locals to play events, the tour is already paid for by the AFLProject 2012 funds), etc the list goes on and they are looking for more ideas. The AFL and the ALHI would like to see locals all over Alberta plan their own celebrations of their areas labour history.
One AFL event will be a huge union “banner and regalia display” at Fort Edmonton on the 16 of June. ALL LOCALS AND UNIONS ARE INVITED AND ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND (and display their banner at the Fort in the big hall).
The AFL Women’s Committee will be participating on one of the “Streets” in the fort. In order to do this w e will have to dress in “period costume” for the street we are on. We will probably be doing the suffragettes movement (this was the suggestion from the President of the AFL Gil McGowan). All Women’s Committees in the Province are invited to join us. As well, we will be joining in the “Banner Display” with our own AFL Women’s Committee banner.
We may also create a “booklet” celebrating women in the Union Movement over the past 100 years but more planning must go into this.
We were all asked to go back to our Locals and to our local women’s committees and ask if/what their plans were for the 2012 celebrations and what various Women’s committees would like to see us do for 2012.
Item 3: 2011-2012 Action Plan
Next meeting we will be establishing our Action Plan for the next two years, we wanted to go back to our locals and various women’s committee’s and ask our sisters what they would like to see us work on.
So far our plans include:
-The Dec 4 Brunch.
-The 2012 Celebration.
-Lobby Day (after the next election)
-AFL school caucuses
-CUPW EQUINOX in Jasper (retreat for women to be held after the AFL schools, invite extended by our CUPW Edmonton Sisters).
What else as we move through 2012 and into 2013? Send suggestions to Sherry Hunt (Sherry.Hunt@agr.gc.ca).
