Executive and Stewards
Our executive team is here to serve our members. To keep growing as a union, we rely on your participation—and to meet the needs of our collective, we depend on your feedback.
Executive Team:
President: Trish Thomas
prescupe1606@gmail.com
Vice President: Terry-Lynn King
viceprescupe1606@gmail.com
Treasurer: Ronda LaHaye
treascupe1606@gmail.com
Secretary: Tammy Sparks
cupesecretary1606@gmail.com
National Rep.: Brandon Stevens
Social & Community:
Membership Officer: Nicole Challenger
Social Media: Sarah Duffett
smccupe1606@gmail.com
Stewards:
Arlene Parker
Sarah Duffett
Amanda Missler
Committees
Joint Committee:
Amanda Missler
Lacy Boxell
Trish Thomas
Professional Development Committee:
Sarah Duffett
Pearl-Ann Gooding
Deb Rhodes
Glenna Lingley
Good of the Union:
Highway 16: Jean Murie
Highway 14: Ronda LaHaye
Highway 13: Lori Goodwin
Equality Statement
Union solidarity is based on the principle that union members are equal and deserve mutual respect at all levels. Any behaviour that creates conflict prevents us from working together to strengthen our union.
As unionists, mutual respect, cooperation and understanding are our goals. We should neither condone nor tolerate behaviour that undermines the dignity or self-esteem of any individual or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive environment.
Discriminatory speech or conduct which is racist, sexist, transphobic or homophobic hurts and thereby divides us. So too, does discrimination on the basis of ability, age, class, religion, language and ethnic origin.
Sometimes discrimination takes the form of harassment. Harassment means using real or perceived power to abuse, devalue or humiliate. Harassment should not be treated as a joke. The uneasiness and resentment that it creates are not feelings that help us grow as a union.
Discrimination and harassment focus on characteristics that make us different; and they reduce our capacity to work together on shared concerns such as decent wages, safe working conditions, and justice in the workplace, society and in our union.
CUPE’s policies and practices must reflect our commitment to equality. Members, staff and elected officers must be mindful that all persons deserve dignity, equality and respect.