Shift Work Committee

THE SHIFT WORKER COMMITTEE SHALL:

Supply information and education to SGEU’s Bargaining Units and their members on shift work issues.
Help employees and workplaces to improve their work settings and environment.
Develop, review and recommend union policies and contract language concerning issues of shift work to bargaining units and Convention.
Examine all issues and the effects of shift work on the member’s Union participation and health as well as their work, home, and community lives.
Develop educational material and seminars for members, specific to shift work and its effects, and devise a mechanism to deliver the information to our members.
Encourage bargaining committees to achieve altered hours of work schedules that will minimize the negative effects of shift work. Work to improve provincial and federal legislation on shift work.
Encourage NUPGE and the SFL to establish a national network of unions, shift workers and employers.
Monitor shift work related issues.
Liaise with the Workers’ Compensation Board to identify issues and resolutions on the effects, both psychological and physical, of shift work on shift work employees.
Liaise with the Long Term Disability Committee to identify issues and resolutions on the effects, both psychological and physical, of shift work on shift work employees.
Work in conjunction with the OH&S/E Committee to organize and host a biennial conference in odd numbered years.
Identify issues and resolutions to enable shift workers to participate more fully in union activities.