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.

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.

*IMPORTANT*

Eligibility to Vote – Membership in Good Standing

Dear CUPE 1004 members,

To be eligible to participate in the upcoming Union elections as a voter or candidate, the CUPE Constitution requires members to have signed an application for membership and for applications to be approved at the next General Membership Meeting.

Many years ago, all of the records were destroyed in a fire, and the information was lost so we now must rebuild the records. If you did not receive an email from the Union regarding your status, or if the email you received asked you to fill out an online application, please take a couple of minutes to fill out a card by following the link in the email or by clicking here. 

We want to take great care to ensure that the vote is inclusive, that the National Constitution and Bylaws are followed to the very best of our ability, and to ensure that any issues are corrected through better systems you can use into the future.

The union’s bylaws outline criteria for maintaining membership in good standing and eligibility for participation in union activities. A list of members reapplying to become Members in Good Standing will be presented at the next General Membership Meeting. This list will include anyone who already has a union card on file and those who submit an application for membership in good standing up to Wednesday, March 11, 2026.

Notice of elections and nomination period will be communicated following the General Membership Meeting.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

 

In solidarity,

Rob Limongelli
CUPE Local 1004 Administrator

Election Process Temporarily Suspended

Dear CUPE 1004 members,

We are very disappointed to have to let you know that the election process is being suspended for the time being.

As we prepared to launch a vote next week, and were following our due diligence to ensure that the Local’s bylaws and National Constitution were being followed, we determined that the membership list as it currently exists has deficiencies that need to be corrected before we are able to proceed. Specifically, the ability to identify members in good standing and to appropriately apply the bylaws to those who remain on the list but perhaps are not members under the bylaws.

I will explain a bit about each of these elements.

Members in Good Standing

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Notice of Elections

Dear CUPE Local 1004 Members,

This is to advise that CUPE National has approved the recent changes to the Local’s bylaws. With this approval now in place, our local can now proceed with an election process for an Executive to take office when the local moves out of administration.

This notice is being provided to inform members of the positions to be filled, the order in which elections will be conducted, and the procedures for voting. Members are encouraged to review the information carefully to ensure they are informed. The full election details are presented below in the form of questions and answers, so please read through them for all the necessary information.

Active member participation is fundamental to the democratic functioning of our Local, and we encourage all eligible members to take part in the election process.

Q. What are terms of office for Executive Board positions?

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