Director
Bill Robb, Managing Director, Union Development Department
Phone: 613-237-1590 ext 375
Email:

Contact Person
Chantal Guilbeault, Bilingual Executive Secretary, Union Development Department
Phone: 613-237-1590 ext 255
Email:

CUPE’s Union Development Department (UDD) works in education, engagement, and mobilization. The UDD program is supported by a national team of staff and member facilitators. CUPE workshops are available in French and English.

UDD provides a contemporary, comprehensive national education program that is available to CUPE’s over 650,000 members. Workshops are based on a popular education model using an equity lens and a class lens.

While there is an extensive education program, the core program includes:

• Collective Bargaining
• Health and Safety
• Local Executive Training Program
• Steward Learning Series
• Duty to Accommodate
• Human Rights
• Financial Officers

UDD operates an Ombudsperson Program for CUPE National Events, coordinates a literacy program, and assists with staff training.