Dependable people providing quality public services – that’s CUPE 1004!

CUPE 1004 has a history dating back more than 100 years of representing an array of public workers. Our members fix roads, provide clean water to your homes, beautify your local parks, work with the community members from the Downtown Eastside, engage learners in the sciences, entertain guests at the PNE fairgrounds, work at post-secondary institutions, and much more. We’re facing tough economic times; and that’s when we need affordable, reliable public services the most.

Administration Update: From Labour Relations Board

Re: Administration/Trusteeship

The Canadian Union of Public Employees asked the Labour Relations Board, pursuant to Section 150(2) of the Labour Relations Code, for consent to extend its trusteeship over Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 1004 (Vancouver Civic Employees Union) for a further period of four (4) months.

Click Here for April 17, 2026 Administration Update:
Notice to all CUPE Local 1004 Members

CUPE 1004 Urges City Council to Restore Lifeguard Services

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 20, 2026

CUPE 1004 Urges City Council to Restore Lifeguard Services

CUPE 1004 welcomes the motion to restore seasonal lifeguard services, which is scheduled to come before Vancouver City Council’s Standing Committee on City Finance and Services on Wednesday, April 22.

Outdoor lifeguards are a core public safety service. Removing them increases risk at some of the busiest beaches in the region, where thousands of residents, families and visitors rely on trained professionals to prevent accidents and respond to emergencies.

Nearly 3,000 residents and beachgoers have signed a petition calling on Council to restore lifeguard services.

CUPE 1004 President-elect Michael Robinson will address the Council committee on Wednesday as the motion is considered.

Public safety should not be treated as optional. CUPE 1004 is calling on Council to fund and restore lifeguard services in time for the 2026 beach season.

Voting Instructions and the Candidates

The nomination period for the positions of President, Vice President, Recording Secretary, and Secretary-Treasurer has now closed. Candidate’s biographies and photographs are linked below.

Q. How will the voting be conducted?
A. All elections will be conducted electronically by secret ballot using the Simply Voting platform which ensures secure access and secrecy of the vote. All members will receive a secure link from Simply Voting. We will be using a preferential voting system where members will be able to rank candidates in order of their preference.

An instant run off system will be used when ballots are initially counted for each voter’s top choice.

Q. Can you explain what ranking candidates means?
A. Ranked choice voting is an election method in which voters rank candidates in order of preference. Voters set their first choice as #1, their second choice as #2, their third choice as #3, etc.

Q. What happens if no candidate receives more than half of the votes?
A. If none of the candidates receive more than half of the votes, the candidate with the least number of votes will be dropped from the list. The next preference from the ballots listing the dropped candidate as the first choice will be counted and added to the remaining candidates totals.

If this results in a candidate receiving more than half of the votes, the candidate is elected. This process continues until a candidate has more than half of the votes.

Q. How long is the voting period?
A. There will be a voting period of 5 days, running from 0:01 of the first day to 23:59 of the last day.

Q. How will a candidate be declared elected?
A. To be elected a candidate must receive more than half of the votes, or in the case of only one candidate for a position, that person will be elected by acclamation.

Q. Once the voting period closes how will I know who was elected?
A. The Elections Returning Officer will announce the voting results via email as soon as reasonably possible.

Listed alphabetically by last name, the candidates for each position are:

CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT:
Running from Monday, March 23 to Friday, March 27

CANDIDATES FOR VICE PRESIDENT:
Running from Sunday, March 29 to Thursday, April 2

CANDIDATES FOR RECORDING SECRETARY:
Running from Tuesday, April 7 to Saturday, April 11

CANDIDATES FOR SECRETARY-TREASURER:
Running from Monday, April 13 to Friday, April 17

Results will be shared after voting closes. Once the President is elected, voting will proceed for Vice President, followed by Recording Secretary, and then Secretary-Treasurer.