Robert and I have attended the Environmental Meetings in the CSSC and Verizon Plus Channels. Along with Liz Viele, Chief Steward, we have met with the management team at Live Source and will be continuing to meet with the Chiefs and management in the other areas as well.
I have spent time in the BSC and E-Commerce to see what the members day to day functions are and to get a better understanding. I will be attempting to do this in the rest of my areas of responsibilities in the near future.
I also will be focusing on the Stress Committee. This committee will meet quarterly. Our first meeting with be August 13, 2009 and will be comprised of 3 representatives from the Company and 3 representatives from the Union. We will work on identifying current practices and procedures that contribute to a feeling of employee stress in the workplace. We will also work on identifying factors outside of the workplace, where applicable, that contributes to a sense of employee stress on the job. We will recommend strategies and initiatives designed to reduce employee stress levels and to assist employees to manage stress more successfully.
COPE (Committee on Political Education) is another committee that I am becoming involved with. Jason Smith is the director and it has been a pleasure getting to know him. That committee meets at 6:30pm at the hall, the first Friday of each month and everyone is welcome to come and get involved.
If you have any suggestions on any of my areas of responsibilities or would like to get involved with the stress committee or COPE, please call me at 813.731.7680 or e-mail me at magne
ibew824 [dot] org
In Solidarity,
Michelle Agne
