What do CUPE members do? We are custodians, secretaries and clerks including accounting personnel, school secretaries and clerks in purchasing including buyers. The communications assistant for district 41 is also a member of CUPE 379.

So too are education assistants including sign language interpreters and people who work with the disabled.

Youth service workers and youth and child care workers fall into this category.

Home and School liaison personnel work specifically with Aboriginal Students. CUPE 379 represents Learning Resources Technicians, a textbook purchasing clerk, various science lab assistants, speech/language pathologists and computer support technicians.

In addition, CUPE 379 represents trades people within School District #41: painters, electricians; plumbers, heating technicians, carpenters and one machinist. Crossing guards and student supervisors round out the District non-teaching employees who are members of CUPE.

Watch this site for regular updates on the comings and goings in CUPE Local 379.