I'm a voting delegate for our union. Ask me what that means and I'll tell you that I haven't got a clue!
I went to our annual union meeting and dinner last night and during the voting for various union committies and positions I see my name along with 15 others on the "voting delegate" ballot. Before I had a chance to ask what that entails the election was past and there I sat....a voting delegate.
All I know is that sometime in 2010 I get to go on an all expensed paid trip where my salary is replaced too!
Ok, so it's no place glamorous. It's only about yay far (-----------------------) from where I live, basically a 2 hour drive. But heck, it's all expenses paid and salary replaced!
So anyway, can anyone shed some light on what a voting delegate is? Our contract comes up for renewal in September this year, but I anticipate that we will have another one in place by the time we go on this conference weekend.
I went to our annual union meeting and dinner last night and during the voting for various union committies and positions I see my name along with 15 others on the "voting delegate" ballot. Before I had a chance to ask what that entails the election was past and there I sat....a voting delegate.
All I know is that sometime in 2010 I get to go on an all expensed paid trip where my salary is replaced too!
So anyway, can anyone shed some light on what a voting delegate is? Our contract comes up for renewal in September this year, but I anticipate that we will have another one in place by the time we go on this conference weekend.