May 14, 2014 – Ottawa, Ontario – Employment and Social Development
Today, the Honourable Dr. K. Kellie Leitch, Minister of Labour and Minister of Status of Women, announced the appointment of Gaétan Ménard to the Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB) as a full-time member representing employees on issues brought to the Board. Mr. Ménard’s three-year term will commence May 19, 2014.
Mr. Ménard has close to 30 years of experience as a prominent union representative for the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP), and in 2006 became the youngest national officer in CEP’s history. As Co-Chair of the Proposal Committee, he oversaw the merger between the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW) and CEP to form Unifor, Canada’s largest private sector union, on August 31, 2013.
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