Executive and stewards

Local 358 executive

President: Kirsten Boyden
president@cupe358.ca
250-709-8442

Vice President: Shawna Best
vicepresident@cupe358.ca

Treasurer: Lorna Rother
treasurer@cupe358.ca

Recording Secretary: Skye Olender
recordingsecretary@cupe358.ca

Unit chairs and stewards

Cowichan Valley Regional District

Unit Chair: Doug Williams
Ingram Street
cvrdchair@cupe358.ca

Steward: Terese Stone
Cowichan Community Centre

Steward: Nino Morano
Ingram Street

Steward: Devin Warwick
Ingram Street

Steward: Niki Gold
Ingram Street

Steward: Zak Fenton
Ingram Street

Steward: Josiah Early
Kerry Park Arena

Municipality of North Cowichan

Unit Chair: Chris Elzinga
Operations
mncchair@cupe358.ca

Steward: Dave Illey
Upper Office

Steward: Dave Drysdale
Operations

Steward: Graham Cousins
Recreation - Fuller Lake Arena

Steward: Neil Hamailton
Recreation - Fuller Lake Arena/Parks

City of Duncan

Unit Chair: Leanne Closson
Operations
duncanchair@cupe358.ca

Steward: Bodie Kroek
Outside Workers

Steward: Krista Derksen
Inside Workers

North Cowichan Paid-On-Call Fire Services

Unit Chair: Darrin St. Amand
Maple Bay
mncfchair@cupe358.ca

Steward: Robert Taylor
Maple Bay

Steward: Eric Johnson
Crofton

Steward: Jamie Greenwood
Chemainus

Steward: Dayne Ellison
South End

Duncan Meadows Golf

Unit Chair: Jon Millar

Arbutus Ridge

Security Unit Chair: Vacant

Cowichan Golf and Country Club

Unit Chair: Matt Shafer

Need to get in touch?

If you aren't sure who to contact, reach out to your Unit Chair or steward. They can help direct you to the right person or resource.

You can also contact the Local President at president@cupe358.ca or 250-709-8442.

Committees

Our workplace committees provide an important way for members to have a voice, raise concerns and work together with their employers on issues affecting our workplaces.

Municipality of North Cowichan

Labour-management committee

Tarah Steinberg
Beau De Roy
Chris Elzinga
Dave Drysdale

North Cowichan Paid-On-Call Fire Services

Labour-management committee

Darrin St Amand
Robert Taylor
Rick Smith
Andrew Rozenboom
Alan Irwin

Cowichan Valley Regional District

Labour-management committee

Doug Williams
Niki Gold
Kayla Hughes
Matthew Lochran
Josiah Early

City of Duncan

Labour-management committee

Shauna Lewis
Bryan Cassels
Leanne Closson
Kyle Woodley

Arbutus Ridge Security

Labour-management committee

Rick Collett
Bob Martin

Duncan Meadows Golf

Labour-management committee

Currently vacant

Cowichan Golf and Country Club

Labour-management committee

Currently vacant

Have a workplace concern?

If you have a workplace health and safety concern or a question about your workplace committee, speak with your steward or Unit Chair. You can also contact the CUPE Local 358 Executive for assistance.

Who We Are

CUPE Local 358 represents workers across the Cowichan Valley. Our members work in a wide range of workplaces and roles, providing services that people and communities rely on every day.

Our Local includes members working with:

Municipality of North Cowichan
North Cowichan Paid-On-Call Fire Services
City of Duncan
Cowichan Valley Regional District (CVRD)
Cowichan Golf & Country Club
Duncan Meadows Golf & Country Club
Arbutus Ridge

Different workplaces and different jobs bring different challenges, but we share a common purpose: to protect members' rights, strengthen working conditions, and improve the lives of working people.

What We Stand For

CUPE 358 works to protect and improve:

Fair wages and benefits
Safe and healthy workplaces
Job security
Pensions and retirement benefits
Respect and dignity at work
Equality and inclusion
Strong collective agreements
Quality public and community services

More Than a Workplace

Our members do more than go to work every day—they help make the Cowichan Valley a better place to live. From municipal and regional services to recreation, community facilities, and emergency response, CUPE 358 members help keep our communities safe, connected, and running. Our North Cowichan Paid-On-Call Firefighters are part of that commitment, answering the call when their communities need them.

We are proud of the work all our members do and the difference they make in the communities where they live and work.

Stronger Together

Strong collective agreements and better workplaces are built by members who stand together, participate in their union, and support one another. CUPE Local 358 is committed to representing members fairly, protecting their rights, and working toward better workplaces for everyone.

Different workplaces. Different jobs. One Local. One voice.

Equality statement

Union solidarity is based on the principle that union members are equal and deserve mutual respect at all levels. Any behaviour that creates conflict prevents us from working together to strengthen our union.

As unionists, mutual respect, cooperation and understanding are our goals. We should neither condone nor tolerate behaviour that undermines the dignity or self-esteem of any individual or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive environment.

Discriminatory speech or conduct which is racist, sexist, transphobic or homophobic hurts and thereby divides us. So too, does discrimination on the basis of ability, age, class, religion, language and ethnic origin.

Sometimes discrimination takes the form of harassment. Harassment means using real or perceived power to abuse, devalue or humiliate. Harassment should not be treated as a joke. The uneasiness and resentment that it creates are not feelings that help us grow as a union.

Discrimination and harassment focus on characteristics that make us different; and they reduce our capacity to work together on shared concerns such as decent wages, safe working conditions, and justice in the workplace, society and in our union.

CUPE’s policies and practices must reflect our commitment to equality. Members, staff and elected officers must be mindful that all persons deserve dignity, equality and respect.