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International Solidarity Committee

2024-2027 committee

international solidarity committee group photo


Committee

  • Masoud Aminzavvar, Chair
  • Andrea Duncan, Co-chair
  • Mehdi Salem (105)
  • Kevin Searle (1001)
  • Richard Ziemianski (401)
  • Leslie Schulze (1202)
  • Rozann Pedersen (503)
  • Nadine Gagnon (1703)
  • Desiree Cabecinha (601)
  • Benjamin Bouchut (2010)
  • Luis Diaz (707)
  • Florinda Maguire (803)
  • Melissa Roth, Secretary
  • Serina Rowe, Assistant Secretary
  • Affiliates: Howard Lin (CEU), TBD (BCFMWU), Carol Wood (BCUWU

View a PDF presentation on the BCGEU's International Solidarity Committee

 

Terms of reference

  • make recommendations to the provincial executive regarding:
    • union policies in support of international solidarity including migrant workers, asylum seekers, undocumented people and refugees where applicable;
    • funding of solidarity and development projects through the BCGEU Diane L. Wood International Solidarity and Humanity Fund;
    • donations in response to emerging humanitarian crises (through the General Fund);
    • relevant resolutions to BCGEU, BC Fed, NUPGE and CLC conventions.
  • the committee will liaise with other provincial executive committees, bargaining committees, cross component committees, component and local executives to promote the work of the committee and its partners;
  • the committee will promote international solidarity amongst members, the labour movement and the community.