The OSSTF/FEESO Political Action Award is presented annually to a member who has shown outstanding leadership in political action either within the Federation or through work with political parties, other unions or labour councils.  A nomination must be accompanied by a resolution passed by a District or Bargaining Unit Executive.

The deadline for nominations is January 31 and must be submitted online by clicking on the Nomination Form link below:

The electronic form features file upload capability.  You may submit attachments no larger than 20 MB.  Each file should be no more than 3MB. If you submit your online form with attachments over 20 MB, you will arrive at a Page Not Found error. If your attachments are large, we recommend you email cpaawards@osstf.ca. Eligible applications that were not chosen in the current year will be held for one (1) year after their initial submission for consideration in the following year.

Nomination Form

Criteria

The recipient of the Political Action Award will have demonstrated the following attributes:

• Participation and/or organizing of political action events or activities of interest to OSSTF/FEESO.
• Held positions in the Federation and/or in the local community related to political action.
• Has had a positive and progressive impact on the Federation in their involvement in political action.

Disclaimer

The Communications and Political Action Committee will determine which, if any, candidate will receive the award based on the established criteria.  The Communications and Political Action Committee reserves the right not to grant the award in any given year.

Nominations