Regional Councils

What do Regional Councils do?

Regional Councils are mandated:

• To enhance the working relationships amongst members, other employees, and management toward a healthy workplace environment;
• To facilitate the education of members about their rights and responsibilities within the workplace;
• To monitor the application of the Collective Agreement and report discrepancies to the Labour Relations Officer;
• To monitor policies, directives and protocols that are issued by the employer that impact on members and report concerns to the Labour Relations Officer.

Regional Council Members are not shop stewards, and are not expected to be experts on the Collective Agreement or labour laws.  In other words, Regional Councils act as the eyes and ears of the union.

Below are some examples of information you can provide to the Labour Relations Officer:

• the qualifications or job duties on a posting appear to have been changed or downgraded
• months have gone by where a vacant position has not been filled 
• colleagues have been asked to work outside normal hours without compensation or are expected to perform duties outside of their job description.

Please don’t hesitate to contact the labour relations officer with any concerns you have about the workplace.

As well, Regional Councils greatly improve communication among members in their region. This is especially important during times of bargaining when accurate information sharing is crucial.

Currently there are five active HSAS Regional Councils. The Chairpersons of each are as follows:

Cypress - Sandra Harlick
Sunrise - Tracy Erickson
Sun Country - Mary Deren
Five Hills - Sheila Bellrose
Prince Albert Parkland - Dwayne Cameron

Committee Chair - Ralph Aman