At the 2003 AFL Convention, delegates voted to establish a Working Group to deal with issues surrounding the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered communities. This Working Group was transformed into a full AFL Standing Committee at the 2005 AFL Convention.
The role of the Pride and Solidarity Committee is to encourage active involvement of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons in union activities and other activities affecting them, to promote, audit and organize educational programs concerning gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons in the workplace, home and community, and to foster working class culture amongst gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons and their allies by initiating meetings, forums, workshops, conferences, conventions, demonstrations, mass action and education course where appropriate.
The Committee will also work with the GLBT community to outreach through community groups throughout the province.
- Pride and Solidarity Resolutions from 2011 AFL Convention
- Pride and Solidarity Committee Report to the AFL 2011 Convention
- Pride and Solidarity Committee brochure (2008)
- Pride and Solidarity Committee Report to the AFL 2009 Convention
- Pride and Solidarity Resolutions from 2009 AFL Convention
- Terms of Reference - Pride and Solidarity Representatives
AFL Pride and Solidarity Committee - 2011-2013
- Keith Purdy, United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 401, Chair and Council Liaison
- Garry Lehmann, Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 4731, Secretary
- John Bass, Telecommunications Workers Union
- Ange Freer, Canadian Union of Postal Workers Local 730 - Edmonton
- Timothy Hunt, Public Service Alliance of Canada Local 30036
- Jay Smith, Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists-Alberta
- Normita Trinidad, United Nurses of Alberta
Campaigns
May 2010 - Reinstate Gender Reassignment Surgery Now!
In April 2009, the Alberta government cut $700,000 of funding for gender reassignment surgery from the provincial health-care budget to save money. This was done without consultation or input. Let's send a message to the Alberta government to reinstate gender assignment surgery now! Contact the AFL offices (
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) for the postcards or print off this PDF and mail to the AFL Pride & Solidarity Committee, c/o 10654 - 101 Street, Edmonton, AB T5H 2S1.
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