{"id":1087,"date":"2023-03-02T09:57:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T16:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iamaw2734.ca\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2023-03-02T14:09:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T21:09:20","slug":"afl-53rd-convention-workers-demand-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iamaw2734.ca\/?p=1087","title":{"rendered":"AFL 53rd Convention: Workers Demand Better"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Apr 20, 2023 at 9:30 am to Apr 23, 2023 at 1:00 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Calgary TELUS Convention Centre<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 53rd Alberta Federation of Labour Constitutional Convention is carried out in accordance with the AFL Constitution, Article 1.4.0.&nbsp; The dates for this next convention are April 20 \u2013 23, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s convention will be held at the&nbsp;<strong>Calgary TELUS Convention Centre<\/strong>&nbsp;(120 \u2013 9 Avenue SE, Calgary, Alberta), and will be entirely paperless. Delegates and observers will need access to a unique email address (each delegate needs their OWN email address) mobile phone, computer or tablet with reliable internet (venue will have Wi-Fi) in order to access all of the documents. Login information, including voting access for those who have voting privileges, will be sent out ahead of the convention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To see the&nbsp;<strong>UPDATED Convention Call,&nbsp;<\/strong>click&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/action.afl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/UPDATED-2023-AFL-Convention-Call-25JAN23.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other forms\/information you might need:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/form.123formbuilder.com\/6247840\/2023-in-memoriam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>In Memoriam submission form<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/form.123formbuilder.com\/6247853\/convention-2023-resolutions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Resolutions submissions form<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/action.afl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Resolutions-Guidelines-Convention-2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>How to write a Resolution\/Sample Resolution Document<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/action.afl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/AFL-Constitution-2021-10-26.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>AFL 2021 Constitution<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/action.afl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2023-2025-AFL-Executive-Council-Nomination-Form-Equity-Representatives.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>2023-2025 AFL Executive Council Nomination Form \u2013 Equity Rep<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/action.afl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2023-2025-AFL-Executive-Council-Nomination-Form-Labour-Councils.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>2023-2025 AFL Executive Council Nomination Form \u2013 Labour Councils<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/action.afl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2023-2025-AFL-Executive-Council-Nomination-Form-Unions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>2023-2025 AFL Executive Council Nomination Form \u2013 Unions<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/action.afl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2023-2025-AFL-Officer-Nomination-Form.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>2023-2025 AFL Executive Council Nomination Form \u2013 Officers<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/action.afl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Fillable-PDF-instructions.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Instructions to electronically submit Nomination Forms<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/action.afl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-May-Day-Award-Call-for-Nominations.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2023 May Day Award Call for Nomination \u2013 now closed<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/action.afl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-AFL-International-Womens-Day-Award-Call-for-Nominations.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2023 International Women\u2019s Day Award Call for Nomination \u2013 now closed<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/form.123formbuilder.com\/6343564\/convention-23-observer-registration-form\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Link to Observers Registration form (no voting privileges, 35$ fee)<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Pre-Convention meetings will take place on Wednesday, April 19, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The convention hotel is the&nbsp;<strong>Fairmont Palliser Hotel<\/strong>, 133 -9 Avenue SW, Calgary, AB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Book online using&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/book.passkey.com\/event\/50468237\/owner\/5615\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this link<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;or call 1-800-441-1414 to make individual reservations. The code for call in reservations is AFL042023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To book via email: pal.reservation@fairmont.com, please use&nbsp;<strong>AFL Convention 2023<\/strong>&nbsp;as the subject line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To call the hotel directly dial 403-260-1286. This line goes into the in-house reservations office; indicate you are with the&nbsp;<strong>Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DEADLINE TO BOOK IN THE BLOCK IS March 16, 2023<\/strong>&nbsp;(provided rooms are available)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This space will be updated as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For information about the 2023 AFL Convention and related activities, email the AFL at<strong>&nbsp;afl@afl.org<\/strong>&nbsp;or call 780 483-3021 or 1-800-661-3995 or fax 780-484-5928.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Apr 20, 2023 at 9:30 am to Apr 23, 2023 at 1:00 pm Calgary TELUS Convention Centre The 53rd Alberta Federation of Labour Constitutional Convention <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/iamaw2734.ca\/?p=1087\" title=\"AFL 53rd Convention: Workers Demand Better\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2734.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2734.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2734.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2734.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2734.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1087"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2734.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1102,"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2734.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1087\/revisions\/1102"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2734.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2734.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2734.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iamaw2734.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}