Executive Board
The last executive board was voted in on November 3, 2021.
The next executive election is on November 2023.
Affiliates
Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) 1722
http://atu1722.ca/
1925 Kirschner Rd #3 Kelowna BC
Represents ~ _ Bus Drivers in the Okanagan
Delegate: Shane Curveon
BC Government and Service Employees Union (BCGEU)
https://www.bcgeu.ca/home
1064 Borden Avenue Kelowna BC
Represent ~10,000 workers in the Okanagan
Component 3 (Community Social Services)
Delegate: Wynn Hartfelder
Component 12 (Administrative Services)
Delegate: Helen Repole
Component 17 (General Services – Casinos)
Delegates: Kelly Hutchinson/Tawni Duhammel
Central Okanagan Teachers Association(COTA)/ BCTF Local 23 (Teachers)
https://www.mycota.ca/
200 Dougall Rd N #101, Kelowna, BC V1X 3K5
Represents ~ ____ Teachers in the Okanagan
Delegate: Susan Bauhart
Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) 760
https://www.cupw.ca/en/kelowna
1925 Kirschner Rd #3 Kelowna BC
Represent about 240 Postal Workers in the Central Okanagan
Delegates: Troy Coburn/ Matthew Aitken
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
211-1889 Springfield Road
1912 Enterprise Way #303
Represents ~ _ Okanagan public sector workers
Local 3523: CO School District #23
Local 5523: Vernon School District #22
Local 338: Kelowna Civic Workers
Local 873: Ambulance Workers
Local 523: Community Social Services + SD53, SD67 and SD83
Local 626: Vernon Civic Employees Union
Local 1123: Okanagan Regional Library
Delegate: Ian Gordon/Ronn Dunn
Health Sciences Association (HSA)
https://www.hsabc.org/region/kelowna
(Cottonwoods Care Centre, Starbright Children’s Development Centre, Living Positive Resource Centre, Kelowna General Hospital, David Lloyd Jones Home, BC Cancer Kelowna)
Delegate: Vacant
Hospital Employee Union (HEU)
https://www.facebook.com/HEUKelownalocal/
Vernon and Kelowna Chapters
160 S Dougall Rd #100, Kelowna, BC V1X 3J4
Delegates: Gail Neufeld/Ken Robinson
International Brotherhood of Electrical Worker’s IBEW 213
https://www.ibew213.org/
1424 Broadway St, Port Coquitlam, BC
Delegates: Luke Mortenson, Niklas Terava, Jeff Fisher
United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW 1518/247)
https://www.ufcw1518.com/
185 Asher Rd Kelowna BC
Delegates: Karen Abramsen/Cheryl Stone
International Association of Firefighters (IAFF)
Local 953 Kelowna http://www.kelownafirefighters.com/
Local 1517 Vernon
Local 4457 West Kelowna
Delegates: Vacant
Movement of United Professionals (MoveUP)
https://moveuptogether.ca/
Various office workers and administrators (e.g. ICBC, FortisBC, BC Hydro)
Delegate: Louise Gibson, Deena Coles
BC Forum of Retired Union Members (BCFORUM)
https://www.bcforum.ca/
Delegate : Doug Gibson, Greg McGowan
Kelowna's Union Advantage
Join the NOLC
Want to join the North Okanagan Labour Council?
Do you work in a unionized workplace? Do you have new delegates to send to our meetings?
Download the forms and information you need here.
You can email them to: nolcrecording@gmail.com or bring them to the next meeting.
Note the mailing address on the letterheads has changed to: PO Box 2609 Kelowna BC V1X 6A7. We’ll get those updated soon.
1) Application Form
2) Delegate Credential Form
3) Per Capita Remittance Form
How many Delegates is my Union Allowed?!
Representation at meetings shall be on the following basis
From affiliated local Unions, Branches and Lodges
100 members or less – 2 delegates
101 to 200 members – 3 delegates
201 to 300 members – 4 delegates
301 to 400 members – 5 delegates
401 to 500 members – 6 delegates
501 members and over – 7 delegates
