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O.E.C. President Scott Tracze steps down December 5, 2010

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 Scott Tracze has stepped down from the role of President. Don’t worry, Scott will continue to help  workers , just now he will be doing it as a Staff Representative for the SEIU.

The executive board of the O.E.C. would like to wish the very best for Scott and his family and thank him for his leadership, dedication and passion that he has exibited while being part of the O.E.C.

Good luck Scott!

Sincerly

Mark Mathewson

Executive board picks interim President

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The executive board of the O.E.C. has decided to have Mark Mathewson act as interim President until elections in the spring of 2011.

Mark was currently the Member at large for the executive. He comes from local 848, Shell, Sarnia.  He is the President of his local as well as the President of the Shell Workers Council of Canada.

Mark will continue on where Scott left off by working with the Primary Forestry Council to put on a shared, or joint conference this spring. Cheryl Morrow will fill in as Member at Large, and the executive will carry on as normal until elections at the 2011 conference.

Both Council’s executive believe there will be great value for their memberships by having a joint conference. Not only will the memberships of the two Council’s benefit by having another opportunity to network with each other, but they will also potentially gain the benefits of improved speakers and educationals that shared revenues will be able to deliver.

Happy Holidays

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On behalf of the O.E.C. I would like to wish you and yours a very safe and happy holiday season!

In Solidarity

Mark Mathewson

O.E.C. at the O.C.C.

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I recently attended the Onario Communications Council,(O.C.C.), held in Toronto on behalf of the O.E.C..

Their conference is a 3 day event. The first day, which I did not feel we needed to attend, was on H&S. The remaining two days were on Council business. Their conference has some similarities to ours as in they had the Regional VP’s  speak, Keith McMillian spoke on behalf of the National on H&S. They also had their locals do reports and had extensive time set aside to develop plans of action to deal with problems that were common to the locals.

Bob Watts, their current President of the Council, announced his plans to NOT run for relection at the Councils next meeting in the spring.

The conference was attended by 3 out of the 4 newly merged locals from CTEA. They are going back to their respective memberships to discuss joining the O.C.C.. In anticipation of the locals joining, the O.C.C. voted to allow them to become members.

Over all it was beneficial to attend this Council. They have similar problems and concerns about their future as we do. I had the opportunity to speak at their confernce. I thanked them for the invitation to their Council. I took advantage of the podium and spoke on the merits of having these conferences. That I observed from their arbitrations report that they too were having similar battles with large coporations who believed their workers to be commodities as opposed to valuable assets! I also told them about our plans to have a shared confernce in the spring of 2011. I explained the benefits of working together towards  common goals. I also took the time to thank the National for their continued support in not only our Council, but for their support towards all the Councils.

In Solidarity

Mark Mathewson