Position Available For GIDIP Trustee – Pacific Region

Position Available For GIDIP Trustee – Pacific Region

October 30, 2007 at 12:00 AM

CAW Local 2002 Health and Welfare Trust

One Trustee is required from each Region (Pacific, Western, Central, Eastern and Atlantic) to serve on the Group Income Disability Insurance Plan (GIDIP) Board for CAW Local 2002 Health and Welfare Trust which covers Air Canada mainline employees and CLS Catering employees. There is a vacancy in the Pacific Region.

The CAW Local 2002 Health & Welfare Trust is a trustee plan that is operated at arms length from the Local Union and is overseen by trustees appointed by the CAW Local 2002 Executive Board.

As a trustee, you are the person who holds the legal title to the trust property on behalf of the beneficiary, i.e. membership. You will be accepting a fiduciary relationship with the beneficiary of the trust.

You will be required to attend quarterly trustee meetings that take place in Toronto at the Plan Administrator’s office. The meetings are usually 2 days each quarter at which time the management of the Fund is reviewed and members’ concerns regarding their insurance claims are addressed. Your duties include monitoring the development of the GIDIP program; negotiating with the insurance underwriter with respect to benefit coverage and improvements, annual renewal of the Plan including premium rates, underwriting revisions and debatable claim situations; and generally policing the overall effectiveness of the GIDIP program.

The successful candidate will be a CAW member of the Air Canada mainline bargaining unit or CLS Catering, a self-starter, preferably with union experience, an interest in employee benefits, and a commitment to serving the membership in a fair and equitable manner. This position requires that the successful candidate volunteer a sizable amount of time to the handling of member’s calls for assistance. This would be on the Trustee’s own time and at irregular hours.

The successful applicant must also have a desire to expand his/her knowledge through ongoing training.

The term of office will be effective immediately and conclude May 31, 2009. Please mail or fax your name, including a statement of qualifications to:

CAW Local 2002
attn: Sheila Simpson
326 – 12th Street – 2nd Floor
New Westminster, BC
V3M 4H6
Fax: (604) 515-1195
E-mail: [email protected]

The deadline for applications is: Friday, November 16, 2007