{"id":10545,"date":"2023-03-07T10:51:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T15:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=10545"},"modified":"2023-03-07T10:51:54","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T15:51:54","slug":"bc-yukon-territory-regional-seminar-experienced-and-new-activists-coming-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=10545","title":{"rendered":"BC &#038; Yukon Territory Regional Seminar: Experienced and New Activists Coming Together"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RS-Poster-2023-BCYT-1024x538.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RS-Poster-2023-BCYT-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RS-Poster-2023-BCYT-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RS-Poster-2023-BCYT-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/RS-Poster-2023-BCYT.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>March 7, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A diverse group of UNE Local activists gathered in Victoria from March 2-5 for their annual Regional Seminar. Shirley Torres, UNE Deputy Trustee for the BC &amp; Yukon Territory Region opened the event with a powerful message for all the delegates : \u2018\u2019Your commitment to the union is a commitment to yourself\u2019\u2019. UNE Trustee Sharon De Souza gave an update on the ongoing trusteeship and answered questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was the first time attending a UNE event for many members and learning about Local finances and the grievance process provided by UNE staff was the perfect opportunity for them to dig into what a UNE Local representative does as a volunteer. Denis St-Onge (Local 20088) explained the basics of bargaining and gave a brief update on the Parks Canada ongoing negotiations. James Little, from the BC PSAC Regional Office, went through strike mobilization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the second day of the event, Johanne Labine, from PSAC, held an interactive and energetic session on governance. The all-day session called <em>UNE: Empowering our Future<\/em> was the opportunity for the delegates to brainstorm, engage and learn about good union governance and sound leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Youth Delegates Elections for Convention also took place. Congratulations to Sterling James (Local 20278, Delegate), Jonathan Shivam Jeet (Local 20278, Delegate), Oscar Rodriguez, (Local 20214 , 1<sup>st<\/sup> Alternate), Alexandra Lausanne (Local 20280, 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Alternate), and Carina McDonald (Local 29266, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Alternate)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last day, Ann Birnie (Local 20278) gave a practical presentation on how to engage with members at the Local level, with plenty of useful examples for the delegates to take back to their respective Locals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 7, 2023 A diverse group of UNE Local activists gathered in Victoria from March 2-5 for their annual Regional Seminar. Shirley Torres, UNE Deputy Trustee for the BC &amp; Yukon Territory Region opened the event with a powerful message for all the delegates : \u2018\u2019Your commitment to the union is a commitment to yourself\u2019\u2019. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=10545\" class=\"more-link\">>><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BC &#038; Yukon Territory Regional Seminar: Experienced and New Activists Coming Together&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5,12,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10545"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10545"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10547,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10545\/revisions\/10547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}