The first thing I would like to say is thank you.
Thank you all for showing your trust and confidence in the new team an myself. I also wish to extend my hand to the out going executive and say job well done.
The orderly transition of documents and union property, has already begun, and so far is going smoothly. I hope to have that completed by the end of next week. I have asked that the local news letter be started again, that should be comming out on a regular bases.
One of the areas that I will focus on is to create leadership within the Local Executive. A leaders job is not to create followers, it is to create more leaders, so that when my time as president is over there will be someone to take my place.
Another area that will be focused on is transparency of the local. There will be increased postings on the union board in the way of health and safety, financial and grievance reports. There will be a time table for this at a latter date.
Personal initiative of stewards will be encouraged when filing grievances, and there will be a push to get new stewards educated in the grievance process.
These are just a few of the ideas that I want to work on. I intend to build on the successes of the past and learn from the mistakes. So once again on behalf of the new executive I would like to say thank you.
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