It’s time to register for the CUPE 1281 Convention! If you are elected as a delegate, an executive officer, or are a unit steward, or if you intend to participate as a non-voting member, please complete this registration form to register for Convention.
Convention Details
This year’s annual convention will be held on Monday July 13 2026, and will run from 10am to 5pm. Convention will be hybrid: in-person at the Workers Action Centre in Toronto (720 Spadina Ave), as well as virtual on Zoom. At our annual convention, sub-unit delegates of our local gather to receive reports from the executive committee, discuss new business items, and elect the executive committee, committee members, and convention and council delegates for the upcoming year.
Travel Arrangements
Elected unit delegates, unit stewards, and Executive officers requiring accommodations and travel arrangements must indicate this on their completed registration form by no later than Monday June 15. The executive committee will be arranging and booking hotels, but delegates are expected to book their own low-cost reasonable travel which will be reimbursed by the local soon after purchase. If you want to ensure your travel costs will be reimbursed by the local, you can first get approval by emailing your planned booking to Leila at admin@cupe1281.ca before finalizing the purchase. As a final note, all necessary expenses related to a delegate’s participation at convention will be compensated by the local.
Delegate Selection
Each bargaining unit of the local is entitled to send a delegation to Convention as outlined in our bylaws. The unit steward is always a delegate. Other delegates, if applicable, are elected from among the membership of the unit. The number of delegates available to each unit is determined by the following, where “PBU” means ‘Position in the Bargaining Unit’:
- 1 to 5 PBUs: 1 delegate
6 to 10 PBUs: 2 delegates
11 to 20 PBUs: 3 delegates
21 to 40 PBUs: 4 delegates
41 to 80 PBUs: 5 delegates
Units with 80 PBUs or more shall be entitled to 6 delegates. The number of PBUs in any unit is the average number of employees in the bargaining unit who pay dues in any month from the months of January to March, inclusive and rounded down. Members on an unpaid leave of absence shall not be calculated in determining the total number of positions in the bargaining unit. If you have any questions, please contact Leila at admin@cupe1281.ca.
Steward Elections
The first delegate of any delegation will be the steward or co-stewards of the bargaining unit. If your unit has not yet run their 2026 steward election, please do so by June 30 and send the results of the election to Leila at admin@cupe1281.ca. If you need assistance with your steward election, please reach out to Co-lead Stewards, Nicole at chiefsteward2@cupe1281.ca and Ashlee at chiefsteward1@cupe1281.ca.