{"id":8034,"date":"2020-04-21T12:04:03","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T17:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/?p=8034"},"modified":"2020-04-21T12:04:03","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T17:04:03","slug":"une-convention-postponed-until-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=8034","title":{"rendered":"UNE Convention postponed until 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8040\" src=\"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ConventionPostponed.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ConventionPostponed.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ConventionPostponed-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ConventionPostponed-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ConventionPostponed-1024x538.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>The UNE national executive has passed a motion to postpone its Triennial Convention originally scheduled for August 24-28, 2020 until 2021. As such, all registration deadlines and timelines related to convention business have been postponed to a date to be determined.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Timelines associated with Locals to elect their delegates are suspended<\/li>\n<li>Convention Committee meetings scheduled for June 7-10 are also postponed<\/li>\n<li>If you have already registered online, it has been registered. Registration will remain open, and new deadlines pertaining to registration will be posted at a future date<\/li>\n<li>Members can still submit resolutions, as described by the governance documents of UNE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The decision to postpone was not easy, but given the factors outlined by the Public Health Agency of Canada, provincial and territorial emergency measures, and municipal directions, it was necessary to reorganize our logistics and our delegate expectations for their health and the safety of their families, along with UNE Staff, while preserving the integrity of our democratic institution.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Respectfully Submitted, and In Solidarity,<\/p>\n<p>Kevin King<\/p>\n<p>UNE National President<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0The UNE national executive has passed a motion to postpone its Triennial Convention originally scheduled for August 24-28, 2020 until 2021. As such, all registration deadlines and timelines related to convention business have been postponed to a date to be determined. Timelines associated with Locals to elect their delegates are suspended Convention Committee meetings scheduled &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=8034\" class=\"more-link\">>><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;UNE Convention postponed until 2021&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[377,5,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8034"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8034"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8041,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8034\/revisions\/8041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}