During the next several weeks, HSA members in Region 4 will have an opportunity to elect their representative on HSA's Board of Directors.
Nominations for the position closed with two members declaring their candidacy:
• Sarah Chapple, a social worker at Vancouver General Hospital
• Joseph Sebastian, a medical radiation technologist at Vancouver General Hospital
During the next several weeks, HSA members in Region 2 will have an opportunity to elect their representative on HSA's Board of Directors.
Nominations for the position closed with two members declaring their candidacy:
• Derrick Hoyt a pathologist's assistant at Victoria's Royal Jubilee Hospital
• Anna Morton, a social worker at the Queen Alexandra Centre for Child Development
This year, Regional Director elections will take place in Regions 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10. All HSA members in these regions are encouraged to put their name forward for these important positions.
The Board of Directors meets quarterly, and directors take an active leadership role in representing the union. They receive wage replacement at their regular rate of pay for the time they spend in official meetings. Part-time and casual members are reimbursed as if they were at work during the meetings they attend.
When laboratory technologist John Bhullar was first asked to consider taking over the work of a retired steward, he thought he wasn't up for the job.
Elections will be held during the coming few weeks to select members to fill the following HSA positions for the coming year:
1. Chief Steward
2. Assistant Chief Steward
3. General Stewards
4. Occupational Health & Safety Stewards and
5. Labour Council Delegates (for chapters that are, or wish to become, affiliated to their local labour council).
Val Avery was re-elected president of HSA by delegates attending convention in May. In her remarks just prior to balloting, she spoke of how er roots in the labour movement fuel her determination to fight for the future of HSA members. The full text of her speech follows.
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Acknowleding the diversity of HSA members and the issues they care about, HSA President Val Avery opened the convention with a report on how the board of directors, committees and activists must daily strive to balance demands and goals.
Physiotherapist Val Avery was re-elected to serve as HSA president at a convention attended by over 300 delegates from around BC.
What does your union do well? what do you think HSA needs to improve? what should it look like in 2020?
Nominations for the position of representative to the HSA Board of Directors in Regions 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 closed Thursday February 19 with nominations submitted for one candidate in each of the regions. No elections will be required.
Returning to the board are:
Anne Davis, Region 1. Davis is a Program Coordinator at the Comox Valley Transition Society with an extensive background as a community activist, having served on the boards of several not-for-profit organizations in her area, and has also been involved in local electoral politics.
