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CUPE Local 1329

CUPE Local 1329 · Oakville, Ontario

The inside workers of the Town of Oakville.

CUPE Local 1329 represents over 300 inside workers in the Town of Oakville, at 25 active locations: Town Hall, Central Operations, arenas and recreation, transit, the harbours, the museum and the Oakville Centre for Performing Arts.

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Local 1329 members sitting together on the grass at Staff Appreciation Day
Members at Staff Appreciation Day

About the local

Vital to the town, at 25 locations.

Local 1329 covers full-time and contract employees of the Town of Oakville. As the community grows and technology changes, members keep providing services for residents and visitors.

The executive is elected by the membership: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Chief Steward, stewards and three trustees.

Where we work

  • Arenas and recreation facilities
  • Central Operations
  • Fire Department
  • Harbours
  • Oakville Centre for Performing Arts
  • Oakville Museum
  • Oakville Town Hall
  • Oakville Transit

What we do

  • Administrative support
  • Building plans review and inspections
  • Community development
  • Council support services
  • Facilities and construction management
  • Financial, payroll and tax services
  • First contact representatives
  • Municipal bylaw and parking enforcement
  • Planning and zoning
  • Purchasing and risk management
  • Recreation registration and facility booking
  • Senior and youth services
  • Technology improvements and support
  • Transportation and accessible needs

General membership meetings

Every meeting, in one place.

General membership meetings are held four times a year after work, online or in Council Chambers at Town Hall. Each one has its own page in the member app with the date, the agenda and the link to join, and a reminder by email, text and the app.

Online meetingsOpen the meeting from the app and join with one tap.
In personCouncil Chambers, Oakville Town Hall.

Minutes from a past meeting: email secretary@cupe1329.ca.

A general meeting agenda

  1. 1Welcome and roll call
  2. 2Honouring of the Land and Territory
  3. 3Equality Statement
  4. 4Review of previous minutes
  5. 5Treasurer’s report
  6. 6Executive Committee reportHealth and safety, job evaluation, grievance, labour management
  7. 7New business
  8. 8Good of the union
  9. 9Open discussion and adjournment

Help at work

Know your rights at work.

Article 9

Grievances

If the collective agreement has been broken, you can file a grievance. Tell a steward within five full working days of the incident, and the steward takes it to management and Human Resources.

Find your steward

Article 25

Pay and job evaluation

Looking to re-evaluate your position? Start with the Position Description Questionnaire (PDQ) and the Request for Evaluation. The Job Evaluation Committee reviews Local 1329 jobs sent for grading or re-grading.

Job evaluation process

After probation

Seniority

Members join the seniority list after their 26-week probation. It is used for vacation, layoff and recall, and filling positions, and is updated at the end of January and the end of June.

Seniority list, June 2026

Collective agreement

February 16, 2023 to February 15, 2027.

The agreement between Local 1329 and the Town of Oakville. For a printed copy, ask your department’s HR consultant.

Open the agreement (PDF) Past agreements

Executive, elected May 2026

Your executive.

Not sure who to contact?

Stewards

Trustees

  • Mary DimasTransportation & Engineering
  • Jen MavealBuilding Services
  • Alexandrea GrahamClerk’s Department

Committees

  • Job EvaluationMandip Sahota, Eric Juengel, Neil Gallant, Dana Swan, Alice Xue
  • Labour ManagementMeets every other month on labour issues for members
  • Joint Health and SafetySophie Lacroix-Nissan, Josh Shrum, Tanya Amorim
Member app

Local 1329, on your phone.

Meeting pages with the agenda and link, notices from the executive, your good standing and dues receipts, with one sign-in for the website and the app.

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Contact

Talk to your executive.

Messages from the contact form go to the union secretary. All inquiries are confidential. Please use your personal email address.

Secretarysecretary@cupe1329.ca

Presidentpresident@cupe1329.ca

Send the executive a message Membership enrollment form