Welcome to CUPE 523!

CUPE 523 has three Community Social Services Units, three School District Units, and one Transportation Unit.

Our Community Social Service Units are:

  • Turning Points Collaborative Society – Vernon
  • North Okanagan Youth and Family Services Society  – Vernon
  • Summerland Community Support – Summerland

Our School District Units are:

  • Okanagan Similkameen (School District #53)
  • Okanagan Skaha (School District #67)
  • North Okanagan Shuswap (School District #83)

Our Transportation Unit is:

  • Inter-Facility Transport, (IFT)

Retirement Seminar 2025

CUPE 523 is pleased to announce the third year of hosting our local’s retirement Seminar! This year’s dates will be May 28th and 29th, and will be held in Salmon Arm. Further information as to specifics will be made available to all successful applicants as they become available. There are limited spaces available for our event, and ONLY those who fully complete and submit the Retirement Seminar Application (found on the CUPE 523 website under FORMS, or click here) will be considered. A reminder that this is currently available only to members of SD53, SD67, and SD83 as per each unit’s specific collective agreements. Members are entitled to attend the Seminar once in their career, and it is generally suggested that it be taken within 5 years of an anticipated retirement date.

For any further questions, feel free to reach out to your respective Unit Chair, or to the 3rd Vice President at 3vp@cupe523.com. We look forward to seeing you there!

General Meeting November 16 2024

Saturday November 16th 2024
TEAMS only – Starting at 9:00am

A link to the meeting will be sent out via email to all subscribed members closer to the meeting date. If you know someone who has not signed up for these emails please ask them to visit our website at https://523.cupe.ca to sign themselves up! (The link to sign up can be found on the right hand side of this page)Agenda Items

  • Swearing in New Members
  • Bargaining updates
  • Bylaw amendments to recognize members from Inter-Facility Transport as a Bargaining Unit
  • 2025 Budget approval