Canadian Union of

Public Employees 

Local 116

Elinor Morris - Acting Recording Secretary

Bookstore
​Elinor has worked out of the Bookstore since 2009 and was elected a Vice President at Large in 2021. Prior to that, Elinor was a Shop Steward, a member of the CUPE 116 Society and served on the Grievance Committee. Elinor has a particular interest in working with vulnerable and marginalized populations.








Roger De Pieri - Acting President 

Electrician

Roger is responsible for dealing with members' concerns and grievances, and seeing them thought to resolution. He is also responsible for managing the Locals' Stewards and Grievance Committee, as well as a number of other Committees and duties.  Roger brings his many years of service in CUPE 116 to this role, which assists him in understanding the challenges the Local faces.  He joined UBC in 1997, working as an Electrician in Building Operations in a variety of environment throughout the campus. He holds a Red Seal designation as a Journeyperson Electrician, after completing his training at the British Columbia Institute of Technology in 1994. In 1999 he was elected as a Shop Steward representing CUPE local 116. In 2001 he was elected to the position of Secretary-Treasurer and has been serving in this role since then. 

Vacant - Vice President at Large



Interested in getting involved? 

Give us a call ! There is more than one way you can be part of CUPE 116. 

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TRUSTEES
​Oriente (Nenette) Engenio ​

Richard Gee
Georgina Stark


                                        SHOP STEWARDS

Aquatic Centre

Nika Evenson

Rain Sheng

​Animal Care Services


​​Centre for Disease Modeling

​Sylva Matiaskova


Centre for Comparative Medicines

Bettie Yim


Building Operations


Custodial

Subrata Dasgupta (Weekend)

Oriente (Nenette) Eugenio (Night)

Ivan Salas (Evening)


​Electrician

Richard Gee

Dimitri Kavouras


Garage

Dillon Duckworth

Chris Edwards

Andy Russell 


Labourer

Barry Jones

John Wogrinetz


Sheet Metal

Michael Laing


Signwriter

Lisa Mead





Vacant - Vice President at Large



Kelly Davies - Vice President at Large




Botany
Olivera Gavric


​Campus Security

Jonathan Crowell

Syed Musavi

Harley (Harkeerat) Sandhu

Andrew Wong


Chemical Engineering

Brian Ditchburn 


Dentistry
Teresa Davies


Microbiology and Immunology

Tom Yang 

Student Housing and Hospitality Services (SHCS)

Bookstore - Warehouse
Rigel Abanes


Food Services
Beata (Betty) Nielson (Retail)


Housing

Front Desk                           Residence Life 

Pindy Padyal                        Shachi Rajesh


Service Worker                    Stores
Glenn Jones                          Sarah Brown





Dave Lance – President - On Leave 

Labourer
Dave has been at UBC for 27 years, first as a student and then for the last 23 years as an employee and member of CUPE Local 116.  Coming out of the Labour Shop in Building Operations, Dave was elected to the role of President in 2015.  Prior to that he was the Local’s General Vice President from 2004 – 2015.  Dave has also served as a Vice President at Large and as a Shop Steward.  He has participated on a number of University Committees including the President’s Advisory Committee on Equity, Discrimination and Harassment and the President’s Awards Adjudication Committees.  He was also a member of the Board of Directors for the Staff Pension Plan from 2008 – 2016.  Dave has been involved in the last number of rounds of Collective Bargaining for all three of the Local’s Collective Agreements.  He has worked as the Local’s Grievance Committee Chairperson and as the Local’s Co-Chair to the joint Union-University Contracting-out Committee.  Dave currently participates on the CUPE BC Universities Committee.  He is responsible for the overall operation of the Local, Executive and Stewards.

Leah Murray –  Acting Secretary-Treasurer 

​Carpenter
​Leah has been the Recording Secretary for the Local for over a decade.  Prior to that Leah was a Vice President at Large.  Leah works out of the Carpentry Shop in Building Operations and has been a Steward there for many years.  Leah is actively involved in promoting and educating around Apprenticeships and women in Trades.  Leah has been an elected member of recent Bargaining Committees and worked as the appointed note-taker before that.  Leah works often with our members in Animal Care and the Faculty of Dentistry and as well with accommodation issues.

If you need to get in touch with a Steward, please call the Union Office at 604-827-1705 and we will help you get in touch with them. 

Representatives

Nick Lemmel - Acting Vice-President

Physics
​Nick has been working at UBC in the Physics and Astronomy department since 2003 and became a Shop Steward in 2007. As a Shop Steward, Nick sat on the Apprenticeship Committee, Safety Committee and Grievance Committee. In 2018 Nick was been elected as VP at Large. As his role expands and takes on more responsibilities, he is excited to serve the 116 community.