Your Executive
Isabelle Paquette
President
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Kevin Beaith
Executive Vice-President
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Tera Sjoberg
Secretary Treasurer
secretarytreasurer@cupe8111.com
Nadia Clyke
Recording Secretary
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Breen Parks
YEG Base Vice-President
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Courtney Robb
YYC Base Vice-President
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Vacant
YFB Base Vice-President
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Ward Schwartz
YOW Base Vice-President
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Vacant
YZF Base Vice-President
Mission statement
CUPE Local 8111 is committed to protecting and advancing the rights, dignity, and well-being of every member. We believe a strong union is built through solidarity, participation, respect, and collective action.
We are dedicated to:
Advancing the social and economic well-being of our members by advocating for fair wages, safe and healthy working conditions, job security, and a better quality of working life.
Promoting equality, inclusion, and respect by standing firmly against harassment, discrimination, and inequity in all forms.
Strengthening member participation and solidarity by encouraging members to be informed, involved, and empowered in the decisions that affect their working lives.
Building solidarity within the labour movement by working together with other unions and organizations to advance the rights and interests of working people.
Together, we are stronger. Together, we have a voice. Together, we can build a workplace where every member is respected, supported, and treated fairly.
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.