Roles of Human Rights Committee
The Human Rights Committee promotes a culture for human rights in the workplace and society. Human Rights Committees can:
- Participate in all national union human rights campaigns
- Provide support to leadership and membership by offering information on human rights issues and opportunities to learn and do more
- Work with other standing committees and equity groups to support each others issues
- Work with local labour councils to coordinate and support human rights events
Members
Chairperson: Nathan Stewart Email Nathan
Recording Secretary: Shannon Sawatsky Email Shannon
Committee: David Kralt Email David
Mohamed Nazir Email Mohamed
Ashley Oord
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