Executive and stewards
President: Krista Laing
cupe250president@gmail.com
Vice-President: Rodney Lewis
rodneylewis.cupe250@gmail.com
Recording Secretary: Dan Cowx
cupe250.recordingsecretary@gmail.com
Grievance Chair: Chris Crawford
chriscrawford.cupe250@gmail.com
Treasurer: Brandon Hunting
bhunting.cupe250@gmail.com
Waste Steward: Dan Oortwyn
Danoortwyn.cupe250@gmail.com
Roads Steward: Jake Chomisky
jakechomisky.cupe250@gmail.com
FMS/Rec Steward: Jeremy Hamlin
Jeremyhamlin.cupe250@gmail.com
Parks/Fleet: Dan Prendergast
danprendergast.cupe250@gmail.com
Tyler/Social Committee Chair: Mark Oullahan
markoullahan.cupe250@gmail.com
WSIB Rep: Paul Wade
wadepaul2@hotmail.com
Committees
By-Law Committee
Chair: Rodney Lewis
Brandon Hunting
Dan Cowx
Andrew Herc
Social Committee
Chair: Mark Oullahan
Brandon Hunting
Julia Latanski
Brent Howell
Collision Review Representatives
Brandon Hunting
Andrew Herc
Dan Prendergast
Durham Region Labour Council Delegate
Krista Laing
Durham Northumberland CUPE Council Delegate (CUPE 9112)
Brandon Hunting
Krista Laing
If you have active committees, here is a good place to put either their contact information, or updates and information from your committees.
What we do
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is Canada’s largest Union. With more than a half million members across Canada, CUPE represents workers in Health Care, Education, Municipalities, Libraries, Universities, Social Services, Public Utilities, Transportation, Emergency Services and Airlines.
CUPE Local 250 represents the Outside Worker in the City of Oshawa. Members work in the Recreation, Parks, Forestry, Waste, Facilities Maintenance Services, Roads departments. Local 250 is committed to operating in an open and transparent manner with decision making completed in a democratic fashion. This includes protecting the rights of our Members in the workplace and bargaining equitable collective agreements inclusive of good wages, benefits and general working conditions.
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.