Executive and Stewards
Contact Info for Executive:
President
Ryan Doman
778-548-2323
President@cupe774.ca
General Vice President
Jennifer Kitsul, VP
604-991-9500
gvp@cupe774.ca
Treasurer
Kalinda Naismith
Treasurer@cupe774.ca
Secretary
Chelsea Belanger
778-808-2404
Secretary@cupe774.ca
Schedule Vice Presidents
Schedule ‘A’ VP
Lisa Smallenberg
604-557-4413
lsmallenberg@cupe774.ca
Schedule 'B' VP
Ron Kling
Phone: 604-864-7004
rkling@cupe774.ca
Schedule ‘C' VP
John Bennett
778-549-1242
jbennett@cupe774.ca
Schedule ‘D' VP
Chad Machin
604-819-0661
cmachin@cupe774.ca
Union Office
All Executives
Shop Stewards
Shop Steward - Schedule ‘A’
Suman Gupta
604-557-8460
sgupta@cupe774.ca
Shop Steward - Schedule ‘A’
Nicole Paller
604-309-5587
npaller@cupe774.ca
Shop Steward - Schedule ‘B’
Travis Davy
778 549-0781
tdavy@cupe774.ca
Shop Steward - Schedule ‘B’
Lloyd Taylor
778-240-8867
ltaylor@cupe774.ca
Shop Steward - Schedule ‘C’/Membership Officer
Doug Zoric
604-835-2488
dzoric@abbotsford.ca
Shop Steward - Schedule ‘C’
Luke Braund
778-994-4013
lbraund@cupe774.ca
Shop Steward - Ledgeview
Terry Riffin
604-807-0509
triffin@cupe774.ca
Committees
2023 Bargaining Committee
The Executive members put forth their suggestions for into the 2023 Bargaining Committee:
- Ryan Doman, President
- Jennifer Kitsul, General Vice President
- Lisa Smallenberg, Vice President Schedule 'A'
- Kalinda Naismith, Treasurer
- Alex Rebel, Vice President Schedule ' C ' (Former)
- Chad Machin, Vice President Schedule 'D'
Events Committee
It is the objective of the Events Committee to add value to a member’s relationship with CUPE by providing specialized events for members to attend and expand their relationships with their union, co-workers and their community. In addition, we provide and attend events in Abbotsford to support the community in which we live and work.
Key Roles & Responsibilities:
- To develop a yearly calendar of events;
- To continue to improve upon 774’s special events, and come up with new ways to attract members to events;
- To select community events to sponsor and/or attend;
- To identify potential sponsorship opportunities for events;
- To find volunteers to assist with event production;
- To collaborate with the Executive Committee to identify events that could meet member needs;
- To produce marketing materials to advertise events.
If you would like to join the Events Committee, volunteer for upcoming events or have event ideas, please email events@cupe774.ca.
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.