{"id":13318,"date":"2026-09-02T13:28:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T18:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=13318"},"modified":"2026-09-02T13:28:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T18:28:28","slug":"2026-une-triennial-convention-elections-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=13318","title":{"rendered":"2026 UNE Triennial Convention: Elections Results"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Elections-Convention-2026-EN-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Elections-Convention-2026-EN-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Elections-Convention-2026-EN-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Elections-Convention-2026-EN-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Elections-Convention-2026-EN-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Elections-Convention-2026-EN.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>All elected members during convention in all UNE regions swearing in, on Friday August 28, 2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Delegates gathered at the Union of National Employees (UNE) triennial convention and elected the National Executive and Regional Vice-Presidents for the next three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>National Officers Elected<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>National President: Jean-Michel Lavergne<\/li><li>National Executive Vice-President: Chris Little-Gagn\u00e9<\/li><li>Vice-President, Human Rights: Myl\u00e8ne Seguin<\/li><li>Vice-President, Occupational Health and Safety: Ellen Cross<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Convention-photo-collage-1024x819.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Convention-photo-collage-1024x819.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Convention-photo-collage-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Convention-photo-collage-768x614.png 768w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Convention-photo-collage-1536x1229.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Convention-photo-collage.png 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New configuration of the National Capital Region<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The convention also adopted a new distribution of the National Capital Region (NCR), which is now divided into five sectors: Ottawa Center, Ottawa North, Gatineau Center, Gatineau South and Separate Employers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Regional Vice-Presidence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Saskatchewan : Nathan Pylypuk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Quebec: \u00c9ric Drouin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Gatineau-Center: \u00c9ric Poitras<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Gatineau-South : Christine Savard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Ottawa Center: Cindy D&#8217;Alessio<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Ottawa-North: Shawn Walker<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Separate Employers: Anna Braddon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Ontario: Michelle Woods<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Manitoba: Cheryl Dubree<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; British Columbia and Yukon: Trevor Makela<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Atlantic: Angela Decker<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Alberta, Northwest Territories and Nunavut: Cheryl Carty<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Start date<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mandate of the new National Executive will be guided by continuity: to continue the rigorous work accomplished under trusteeship, to maintain service to members, and to ensure that the progress made becomes a lasting achievement for all members of UNE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the progress made, UNE Trustee, Alex Silas, is confident that it will be able to propose the lifting of trusteeship to the PSAC National Board of Directors in the coming months, so that the newly elected executive can begin its 2027-2029 term next January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delegates gathered at the Union of National Employees (UNE) triennial convention and elected the National Executive and Regional Vice-Presidents for the next three years. National Officers Elected National President: Jean-Michel Lavergne National Executive Vice-President: Chris Little-Gagn\u00e9 Vice-President, Human Rights: Myl\u00e8ne Seguin Vice-President, Occupational Health and Safety: Ellen Cross New configuration of the National Capital Region &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=13318\" class=\"more-link\">>><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2026 UNE Triennial Convention: Elections Results&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[167,5,10,12,169,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13318"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13318"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13326,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13318\/revisions\/13326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}