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International Solidarity Committee

2021-2024 committee

We thank the previous committee for their service, as they have been stood down at Convention 2024.

If you are interested in being appointed to the 2024-2027 International Solidarity Committee as your component rep, contact your Local Chair and Component Vice President.

international solidarity committee group photo


Committee

  • Kari Michaels, EVP & Chair
  • Andrea Duncan, Co-chair
  • Mehdi Salem (105)
  • Richard Ziemianski (401)  
  • Thomas Mikalishen (505)
  • Desiree Cabecinha (601)
  • Coralie Gregoire (703)                             
  • Mark Taylor (1007)
  • Masoud Aminzavvar (803)
  • Stuart Abels (2012)
  • Maria Middlemiss (C12 VP)
  • Carol Wood, UWU Intersol cmtee rep
  • Kevin Lee, BCFMWU cmtee rep
  • Howard Lin, CEU cmtee rep
  • Melissa Roth, Secretary
  • Melissa Gill, Assistant Secretary

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.