Board of Directors
President Local 378, Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union (COPE)
David previously served as COPE 378's Vice-President from May 2005. Prior to that, David sat on the COPE 378 Executive Board since he was appointed by the Executive Council in 2001.
He served on the COPE-SEPB National Executive as Vice President for Region IV from 2005 until 2011.
David is a member of the Executive Officers of the BC Federation of Labour and is on the Board of the Working...
Former President (retired), International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)
Tom Dufresne is formerly the President of ILWU - Canada serving his 8th consecutive two-year term. Tom began work on the Vancouver Waterfront in April 1971. Working in many facets of the industry, first as a casual and then as a Union member. He has also served as a Business Agent, Vice-President, and President of ILWU Local 500.
Tom also sits as a Vice-President of the Canadian Labour Congress...
President, Canadian Labour Congress (CLC)
Ken Georgetti’s career has taken him from pipefitter to president of the Canadian Labour Congress and from shop steward to start-up founder of labour-owned, multimillion dollar companies.
What the Ottawa Citizen newspaper described as “Georgetti’s consensus-building West Coast cool” has led the Canadian Labour Congress to add 700,000 new members under his leadership since 1999, growing to...
President & CEO, Matrix Asset Management
David Levi is President and CEO of Matrix Asset Management, a manager of $2.4 billion of venture capital, retail mutual funds, and pension fund assets. Matrix subsidiary, GrowthWorks Capital, is Canada’s leading national venture capital manager with over $500 million in assets under management. GrowthWorks was the first venture capital fund signatory to the United Nations Principles for...
National Director for Canada, United Steelworkers (USW)
Born and raised in rural Saskatchewan, Ken Neumann has been a lifelong Steelworker. When he was still a teenager, he was a member of Local 5890 at Ipsco Ltd. in Regina, SK, and later was a member of Local 6166 at Inco Ltd. in Thompson, MB.
As a member of Local 4728 (Westank-Willock, Regina), Ken became active as a steward and later took on other responsibilities in the local prior to being...
President, Canadian Union of Public Employees – BC Division (CUPE)
Barry O'Neill has been president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees of British Columbia since 1997. CUPE is the largest Union in BC representing 85,000 members. Barry also sits as Canadian Vice-President representing over 600,000 workers in Canada. The occupational groups Barry represents vary and include those working in municipalities, school districts, universities, colleges, social...
Former President (retired), BC Government and Service Employees' Union
John Shields earned a Masters Degree in Theology from St. Paul’s College in Washington, DC where he worked with Dr. Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement. As a Catholic priest, he taught popular theology in Canada and the US before leaving the church. An interest in social justice led to increasing involvement in union work. He was elected President of the BC Government and Service...
President, BC Federation of Labour
Jim Sinclair is president of the British Columbia Federation of Labour, the umbrella organization that represents 54 unions and 450,000 private and public sector employees in the province.
He was elected to that position in 1999 after serving more than 18 years in the United Fishermen and Allied Workers' Union - CAW. During his career in the fishing industry, Jim served as associate editor of...