Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)

Index of interviews:

Pauline Cardinal: Pauline Cardinal fights wage exploitation through CUPE union advocacy and training.

Mike Cartasano: Mike Cartasano is a CUPE Local 474 Chief Shop Steward who advocated for public and member education programmes.

Felix De los Santos: Filipino student organizer Felix de los Santos is a leading CUPE Local 474 officer who advocates for union training in health  and safety, harassment and discrimination.

Nancy Furlong: Nancy Furlong spent her career building Alberta’s labour movement, including stints with the Alberta Union of Public Employees during the Klein-era cuts, the Alberta, Federation of Labour, and the Alberta New Democrats.

Alex Grimaldi: Alex Grimaldi’s many decades as a union activist included long periods as president of CUPE Local 30 and of the Edmonton and District Labour Council.

Joanne Lavkulich: Joanne Lavkulich, a member of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, has served as a librarian at the Catholic Central High School in Lethbridge for 35 years. 

Virgil Paz: Virgil Paz organized for CUPE Local 474 against privatization and other attacks on union members.

Lindsay Poll: Lindsay Poll is a Métis WestJet flight attendant, and a member of the National Indigenous Council of the Canadian Union of Public Employees. 

Enrique Reyes: Enrique Reyes is a Chilean refugee and CUPE Local 474 activist who advocates for Health & Safety, and workplace diversity.

Trevor Stewart: CUPE Local 474 activist Trevor Stewart is an advocate for the poor and is opposed to privatization.

Clancy Teslenko was a CUPE activist from 1980 to 1998 when she was a unit clerk at Calgary General Hospital and an active opponent of cutbacks and privatization.

Amanda Whillans is a healthcare aide in a Cold Lake assisted living home where a bitter strike occurred in 2017.