TWU Candidate Speeches Begin
Candidates nominated for elected positions began the first round of speeches on Wednesday morning. 

The messages were all delivered with poignancy, passion and, at times, some much needed humour.  Elections will take place on Saturday where delegates will cast votes for the candidate of their choice followed by newly-elected Officers being sworn in later that same day.  The Telecommunications Workers Union thanks all candidates and wishes them the best.

CLC Presents Pension Action Plan
Invited guest, Joel Harden, Senior Researcher, Canadian Labour Congress, made a presentation yesterday to Convention delegates entitled “Retirement Security for Everyone:  Labour’s Proposals for the Future of Canadian Pensions”.

- Double CPP benefits for our kids

- Increase GIS so no senior lives in poverty

- Introduce Federal pension insurance

Those interested in more details should refer to the following CLC site:

http://www.canadianlabour.ca/action-center/retirement-security-for-everyone

Convention Update
The TWU is pleased to report that the 2009 minutes were accepted by the Convention on Wednesday.  The appeal to Convention by Local 207 was also passed the same day with a majority vote.

The Finance Committee presented their report but stepped down to allow for the Appeals to begin as scheduled.  The Finance Committee will resume their report today.

Following yesterday afternoon’s presentation by the CLC, the Political Action Committee presented its report which was accepted by Convention.

TWU Welcomes Invited Guests
The TWU would like to thank the following guests for their time and effort in attending this year’s Convention:
- Joel Harden, Senior Researcher, Canadian Labour Congress
- Alain Piché, Program Officer, Public Service Alliance of Canada
- Brian Murdoch, International Representative, IBEW

Nominations
 Nominations can be viewed online at
http://www.twu-stt.ca/sites/default/files/NominationsE.pdf

PDF vesion of this hotline be viewed online at:
http://www.twu-stt.ca/sites/default/files/BulletinE20100204.pdf