Union News - December 2022
There is currently a need to fill roles relating to health and safety at certain CRA worksites. These roles include, among others, Health and Safety Committee members and ad-hoc members.
Health and Safety Committee members work with their CRA counterparts to fulfill the Committee’s legislated mandate under the Canada Labour Code. Duties include, among others, conducting inspections of the workplace, investigating workplace hazards and incidents, and holding regular meetings.
Ad-hoc members are employees who currently work onsite at least part of the time and who act as the eyes and ears of health and safety committee members currently teleworking. Ideally, these ad-hoc members would eventually become members of the health and safety committee.
If you are interested in becoming a health and safety committee member or ad-hoc member, please contact your local UTE president to find out whether there are currently any vacancies at your worksite. You may find the contact information for your local executive, at the following link: https://www.ute-sei.org/en/about/locals
The CRA is also looking for volunteers to join the First aid and AED community. The primary goal of the first aid/AED program is to ensure the workplace is prepared to provide for the prompt rendering of first aid to an employee for an injury, an occupational disease or an illness, if required.
If you are interested in volunteering, please advise your manager or a First aid/AED Coordinator.
We strongly encourage you to consider volunteering for any of the above-described roles. By doing so, you would not only be ensuring a healthier and safer workplace for yourself and your colleagues, you would be doing work that is extremely fulfilling.
Doug Gaetz
Chair, UTE Health and Safety Committee