About CUPE 15
CUPE Local 15 Executive Board:
President
Warren Williams
1st Vice-President
Santino Scardillo
2nd Vice-President
Ravina Lal
Secretary-Treasurer
Debbie Mohabir
Health Sector Representative – HSSCBA
Mona Mirzayan
Health Sector Representative – HSPBA
Mia Nickel
City Sector Representatives
Kamal Gautam
Vacant
College/University Sector Representatives
Rose Palozzi
Alex Fowler
Park Sector Representatives
Starla Bayley
Henry Lee
K-12 Sector Representatives
Cynthia Schadt
Carley Romas
Cultural Sector Representative
Nicola Clur
Trustees
Donna Petersen
Aaron Cook
Michele Alexander
How CUPE 15 Works
Some of the key services Local 15 provides to its members are:
- Negotiates with employers for fair and respectful wages, benefits and working conditions.
- Ensures that all members work in a safe and healthy workplace
- Supports members against unfair treatment and harassment
- Ensures that all provisions of the Collective Agreement are upheld by employers
- Represents members’ interests to employers, governments, and in the community
- Has specialized staff to fully represent members including Job Evaluation and Legal Representatives
CUPE Local 15 Structure
Structure
CUPE Local 15-VMECW members work for 18 different employers which are separate individual bargaining units. All Local 15 bargaining units are divided into six sectors.
City
- City of Vancouver
- Vancouver Fire Fighters’ Union – Local 15 (Support Staff)
College/University
- Chartwells (Langara College Cafeteria)
- Emily Carr University
- Students’ Union of VCC
- Langara College
- Langara Students’ Union
Cultural
- H.R. MacMillan Space Centre
- Vancouver Art Gallery
- Vancouver Maritime Museum
- Museum of Vancouver
Health
- Vancouver Coastal Health
Park
- Britannia Community Services Centre Society
- Ray-Cam Cooperative Association
- West End Community Centre Association (Little Sprout Pre-school)
- Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation
K-12
- Vancouver School Board