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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