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ASEA/AFSCME LOCAL 52
Women's Issues Committee
Quarterly Report to the Statewide Executive Board
SEPTEMBER 2011
Madame President, members of the ASEA Executive Board, ASEA staff, members and guests;
The Women's Issues Committee (WIC) reports for this quarter that our committee has continued
to focus on soliciting members to fill all vacant seats and focusing on matters relevant to our
members and revitalizing and educating our committee to engage our union women in various
areas.
The Women's Issues Committee welcomed a new committee member Michele Aranguiz from
Valdez, a new ASEA staff liaison Sharon Dart and Statewide E-board liaison Lynnette
Barkowski. We want to thank Toya Winton for her many years of guidance and mentorship to
our committee, as she has been instrumental in the great success our committee has become. But
with that said, unfortunately, Wendy Parker, a strong union sister is no longer employed with the
State and has resigned her position on the WIC.
Since our last report our committee had our annual face-to-face meeting May 25-26, 2011 in
Anchorage at our Union headquarters. Our meeting began with everyone introducing themselves
and their reasons for being a part of the Women's Issues Committee and what they would like to
bring to the table and continue to grow and enhance our committee to serve our members. The
majority of our face-to-face focused on committee work to re-establish the purpose and goals of
our committee.
We had two speakers, Ms. Ann Secrest with AARP who presented a presentation about, "Why
Social Security is so important to Women". Mrs. Karen See, the National President of the
Coalition of Union Women (CLUW) was our main speaker, educational trainer and woman's
activist advisor. Mrs. See gave us the history of CLUW and presented a power point
presentation about new organizing institute material and Women Organizing Women One On
One. Our very own Sister Nadine Lefebvre presented a presentation on Older Workers, which is
inline with her current position.
Mr. Reber Stein presented a demo of video conferencing and answered questions on how our
committee could utilize this new media communication tool. In the same area of communication
Business Manager Jim Duncan discussed the Facebook media that will be utilized by the Union.
Our day continued with committee work discussing Resolution 33-Daycare for Convention
Delegates and looking forward to working with the Nextwave Committee, preparing to work on
resolutions for the upcoming Biennial Convention, preparation for and once again ask for
approval from the Statewide E-board to have the WIC Silent Auction that has historically been
held at the Biennial Convention, and we had a Meet and Greet at the IBEW Local 1547 to begin
to establish a CLUW organization in the State of Alaska to bring all union members together
through CLUW.
Our June meeting focused on continuing to work toward the work we established at our face-toface.
Discussion
of
different
Chapter
picnics
around
the
state.
We
suspended
our
meeting
for
the
month
of
July
and
reconvened
in
August
to
continue
working
on
our
face-to-face
tasks
that
will
take
us
up
through
the
Biennial
convention.
We
welcome
suggestions
and
comments
from the Statewide E-board and would like to have the opportunity once again to have our WIC Silent
Auction at the 14th Biennial Convention.
Thank you for your time and support of our efforts on behalf of the women, families, and all
ASEA/AFSCME members in Alaska.
Respectfully, In solidarity
Dawn Bundick, Chair
AFSCME Statewide Women's Issues Committee
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