Elections Results

Congratulations to all the winners!!

Term of Office: December 18, 2024 to November 24, 2027

President Norma Sparks

First Vice-President Demetri Klerides

Secretary Treasurer Michael Couto

Recording Secretary Wanda Inwood

Notice of By-Elections

Term of Office until November 19, 2025

SMH Site Vice-President

January 2025 General Membership Meeting for Nominations

December 3, 2023

International Day of Disabled Persons

International Day of disabled persons brings recognition to those with visible and invisible disabilities.

Not all disabilities are visible and so one must be mindful of this.

On this day various organizations both local and global come together to promote the rights, dignity, and well-being of people at all levels of society encountering these challenges..

Facts:

An estimated 46% of older people aged 60 years and over are people with disabilities.

Of the one billion population of persons with disabilities, 80 % live in developing countries.

Did you know one in every five women is likely to experience disability in their life, while one in every ten children is a child with a disability.

As we reflect, let us bring awareness, support and focus on the challenges and barriers each individual faces.

Let us educate the public, and each other on issues and concerns to address and to celebrate and reinforce the achievements we have made so far.

Let us be supportive, thoughtful, and mindful of everyone every day and on this day December 03, 2024.

-Cupe local 5441, trustees, stewards and the ECQ officer recognizes and support all persons with disabilities-

Notice of Elections

ELECTIONS – Thursday December 5, 2024 noon to Sunday December 8, 2024 noon.

BALLOTS WILL BE EMAILED FROM SIMPLY VOTING PLATFORM, TO THE EMAIL THAT YOU HAVE ON FILE WITH THE LOCAL UNION
General Membership voting (any member from any Site/Bargaining Unit may vote for these positions):
[10 (c) 5]

President – 3-year term:
Norma Sparks
Rahel Woldeselassie

First Vice President – 3-year term
Demetri Klerides
Nicholas Sachse

Secretary Treasurer – 3-year term
Devin Rodden
Michael Couto

Recording Secretary – 3-year term
Jason Amaral
Wanda Inwood

Please check your email on file and refer to CUPE5441 website and/or bulletin board for daily updates regarding the voting process:

SMH – Hayat Monfaredi – hayatcupe5441@gmail.com
SJHC – Alexia Dinham – lexiadham@hotmail.com
PHC⎼ Hristina chorolovski ⎼ HristinaCUPE5441@gmail.com

In Solidarity
The Voting Committee

*Update (November 7, 2024)*

Greetings to everyone,

On behalf of the Voting
Committe we greatly apologise to you all.We assure you that we will have the transparency of what took place on Nov 1st/2024 that has ended us in a premature election. A clear explanation and report inaccordance with the Bylaws will be presented at the next GM.

As it is with any Election that was prematurally disrupted there has to be an investigation done before moving foward.
The committe will be very transparent and honest to the members of Local 5441.
We will be updating you all as soon as possible with all the new election updates.

Please be patient.

In Solidarity
Voting Committee

SMH – Hayat Monfaredi – hayatcupe5441@gmail.com
SJHC – Alexia Dinham (Chair) – lexiadham@hotmail.com
PHC – Lexann North – northlexann@gmail.com

UPDATE ON 2024 ELECTION FOR TABLE OFFICERS

On behalf of the voting committee we want to take this opportunity to apologize to the membership of CUPE Local 5441 for the inconvenience and frustration associated with this election.

We greatly regret that the election ended prematurely.

At this time, the voting committee is seeking advice and guidance from CUPE National to determine next steps moving forward.

We are aware that emails, phone calls, questions, concerns are going out to many different people such as to the Executive, to the CUPE National Representative, Site VP’s, Stewarts, ect. It is important to note that as per the bylaws it is the voting committee who is responsible for all aspects of the vote and therefore it is the voting committee who needs to investigate problems that arise, to meet and determine appropriate next steps and to communicate next steps to the membership. Please understand that no one else has the authority to direct next steps and as such no one else is in a position to provide updates outside of the voting committee.

The voting committee does not have any further information to share at this time, so we ask for your patience as we await instructions and a response from National.

Please understand that we fully appreciate your desire and need for a timely update, and we assure you that this is a priority for us.

We look forward to updating you as soon as possible.

In Solidarity,

CUPE Local 5441 Voting Committee

SMH – Hayat Monfaredi – hayatcupe5441@gmail.com
SJHC – Alexia Dinham (Chair) – lexiadham@hotmail.com
PHC – Lexann North – northlexann@gmail.com

ELECTIONS – Thursday October 31, 2024 noon – Sunday November 3, 2024 noon.

BALLOTS WILL BE EMAILED FROM MOTION MEETINGS TO THE EMAIL THAT YOU HAVE ON FILE WITH THE LOCAL UNION

General Membership voting (any member from any Site/Bargaining Unit may nominate/vote for these positions):

[10 (c) 5]

President – 3-year term:

Norma Sparks – Click for Poster
Rahel Woldeselassie – Click for Poster

First Vice President – 3-year term

Demetri Klerides – Click for Poster
Nicholas Sachse – Click for Poster

Secretary Treasurer – 3 year term

Devin Rodden – Click for Poster – Click for Video
Michael Couto – Click for Poster

Recording Secretary – 3 year term

Jason Amaral – Click for Poster
Wanda Inwood – Click for Poster – Click for Video

The following positions were acclaimed: 

Equality Coordinator – 2 year term – Cheryl Belgrave
3 Year Trustee – 3 year term – Sarah Nankunda

If you have questions about the Nomination or Voting process, please contact your Voting Committee:

Any problems with getting your ballot please reach out to our National Rep. Kimberly Blanchard: kimberlyb@cupe.ca

SMH – Hayat Monfaredi – hayatcupe5441@gmail.com
SJHC – Alexia Dinham – lexiadham@hotmail.com
PHC – Lexann North – northlexann@gmail.com