Thank you to each of our members and retirees who came out to the December meeting and Holiday Social, we hope everyone enjoyed the streamlined meeting, good food, and good company! The Executive would like to wish everyone a safe holiday and happy new year.
At our April general meeting, we took time to honour Arden Little, a long time union activist retiring after almost 28 years as a member! We shared cake! President Kara White had this to say about Arden, “You might have heard about Arden from the Career Development Committee, Health and Safety Committee, bargaining committee member, picket captain, Steward and…
Bill Johnston, former president of CUPE 951, retired from the University of Victoria in April after an impressive 33 years of service. While he was no longer a CUPE member, our Local felt it was important to recognize the work and service Bill provided while he was a member — including his negotiating our much-loved annual paid December closure. On…