Who We Are

- Sean has been the President of the Ottawa & District Labour Council since 2004

- Twenty-two year delegate to the Ottawa & District Labour Council

- Ontario Federation of Labour Executive Council member

- Member of HSTU Local 261

- Over twenty five years with the Ottawa Building Trades

- Sits on several committees and boards within the community and city of Ottawa

A lifelong resident of Ottawa, Marlene organized her OPSEU local of health professionals at the Royal Ottawa where she works as a psychologist and has been the local president since certification in 1996.

She has been involved in a number of organizing drives in the city both before and after and conducted high profile campaigns against health care cuts in her workplace.

Marlene joined the executive of the Ottawa and District Labour Council in 2006 and became VP in 2014.

She is past Chair of the Ottawa Health Coalition and chaired People for Public Hospitals in a campaign against hospital P3’s (public-private partnerships).

She produced two reports on the Royal Ottawa P3 called Risky Business and Risky Business II.

Marlene has been an NDP candidate, has served on boards of non-profit agencies and is a social justice advocate.

Over more than two decades of negotiating Marlene won a number of payouts for members culminating in a $2.5 million Pay Equity settlement.

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Dave has been active with USW Locals 5297 and currently 9597, a Local representing over 3000 Security guards and Airport Screeners in Eastern and Southwestern Ontario since 1994 holding positions of Trustee, Recording Secretary and is currently the Financial Secretary. He also helped his Local and his union by being the Local Union's organizer, helping to organize over 10 units in the past few years.

Dave was on the bargaining committee and Strike Support Committee for Bradson, enduring a 50 week Lock Out from October 24th 1996 to October 7th 1997.

Dave joined the Labour Council Executive in the late 90s as a member at large and has had several terms as Recording Secretary. He has participated on the Labour Day Committee and has missed only one Labour Day in the past 20 years. He has also been a long time member of the Day of Mourning Committee.

For years Dave has participated in and organized Solidarity Barbeques at many picket lines and demonstrations across our city.

Our Ottawa Labour United Team will continue to support our affiliates and our community partners over the next term

Cheryl was the President of the Student Support Professionals Bargaining Unit in OSSTF D25. Cheryl has a long history of greater than 27 years as a union activist. She was the President of her Bargaining Unit since 2011. From 2004-2011 she was the Bargaining Unit’s Chief Negotiator. She was responsible for all aspects of their local bargaining including negotiations with the employer, brief and contractual language writing, contract maintenance and Pay Equity.

Over the years, she has served as Chair of the OSSTF Provincial Status of Women Committee and Vice-Chair of the Provincial Collective Bargaining Committee. She has been actively involved in various OSSTF Lobby Day events and Election Readiness campaigns. Lobbying local MPPs and attending both local and Provincial rallies are some of her responsibilities. Cheryl has been on the picket line twice during her career with the school board and understands the importance of labour working together.

Cheryl is the D25 Vice-President. She is also a member of the Political Action Committee and participates in many of their events including Labour Day, Day of Mourning and Pride.

Cheryl has been an alternate and delegate to ODLC for the past 3 years. She is a member of the Education Committee and most recently has been actively involved with the Ad Hoc per Capita Review Committee. She attended CLC Convention and OFL this past year. Cheryl is an ODRT Certified Trainer and is very experienced with WSIB, LTD and return to work cases. She has attended the CLC summer School program “Women in Leadership”.

Cheryl is married with two daughters and 2 granddaughters. In her spare time, Cheryl is the Vice-President and Executive Producer for Suzart Productions. Suzart is a musical theatre company here in Ottawa. As the Executive Producer, she can be found backstage at all of their productions including auditions, rehearsals, and the actual show as she deals with any problems that arise.

Originally from Alberta, Paige is of Blackfoot, Iroquois, Irish and Scottish background and has been a member of the OPSEU Indigenous Circle for 8 years. She has been employed by LCBO for 30 years and is currently an Assistant Manager. As an OPSEU member she is currently the Chairperson for the Water Campaign within the Indigenous Circle, Vice-chair for the OPSEU Ottawa Area Council and executive on the Ottawa Labour Council. In the past she has also been Local 498 Vice President, shop steward for local 499 and served on the OPSEU Liquor Board Employees Division (LBED) Employment Equity Committee. She has worked on OPSEU's 'We Own It Campaign', and has attended many rallies at Queen's Park for various causes. She is a delegate for the Indigenous Circle in which she attends OPSEU, CLC , OFL & NUPGE conventions. She is a graduate of Algonquin College with a Diploma in Police Foundations and Accounting.

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Mohamed has worked in the security Industry since 1990 working for multiple employers in the Ottawa area. He is currently employed by Commissionaires & also with Garda Security. He was one of 150 workers who survived the 11 month lock out by Bradson security in Ottawa which lasted from October 1996 to October 1997. He has completed numerous union training programs including shop stewards training. He has also attended the USW Vote School in Toronto including participating in campaigns during the last Provincial election. He currently sits as a trustee for USW 9597 and is a member of the local’s Political Action Committee. Mohamed is currently a Co-Chair of the ODLC's Political Action & Municipal Affairs Committee

ACTRA Ottawa is a local branch of the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA).

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COPE is a national labour union organization made up of 4 regions and 46 Local unions comprising tens of thousands of members across Canada. Our members are mostly office employees, technical and professional employees and sales representatives both in the private and public sectors.

Local 225, based in Ottawa, is one of several "national locals" with membership in nine of the ten provinces. COPE is a democratic union where members set the priorities. Our local executive is made up of committed and experienced volunteers who are backed with support and resources from paid staff.

The Local's members are employed by professional associations, labour organizations, political parties and social agencies as follows:

Baldwin House
Canadian Bar Association
Canada Employment and Immigration Union
Canadian Association of University Teachers
Canadian Labour Congress
Canadian Museum Association
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
National Union of Public and General Employees
New Democrats of Canada Association (NDP) - National Office & Québec
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
United Way/Centraide Sudbury and District
United Way of Oshawa-Whitby-Clarington
United Way Kingston

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Section locale 70155, CFP-RCN du Syndicat de l’Agriculture, AFPC/ Local 70155, PSC-NCR of the Agriculture Union, PSAC
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Nous appuyons les employés et les employées de la CFP dans la RCN faisant partie du groupe PA (AS, CR, IS, PM) et du groupe EB (ED, LS)./ Supporting PSC employees in the NCR in the PA (AS, CR, IS, PM) and EB (ED, LS) groups.

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