TO ALL MEMBERS OF CUPE LOCAL 59:

The following candidates are running in the CUPE 59 election on Thursday June 11, 2026.

President – (2 Year Term)
Eric Calaguian
Gwen Lamkin

Secretary Treasurer – (2 Year Term)
Kendra Dyck – Acclaimed

Area Vice President – Parks, Facilities and Fleet Management – (2 Year Term)
Brian Lutzer – Acclaimed

Area Vice President – Transportation & Construction, Clerks & Solicitors, CY Planning & Development, Building Standards & Community Standards (2 Year Term)
Alanna Cox – Acclaimed

Area Vice President – Corporate Financial Services and IT
Paula Kalyn – Acclaimed

Trustee – 2 Positions (One 3 Year Term & One 1 Year Term)
Heather Drysdale
Marc Skaf
Karen Sofiak

Steward – Transportation & Construction, Clerks & Solicitors, CY Planning & Development, Building Standards & Community Standards (2 Year Term)
Kaytlynn Friesen – Acclaimed
Umar Wali – Acclaimed

Steward – Police & Fire Protection Services, TCU Place, SaskTel-Centre, Remai Modern (2 Year Term)
Jamie Shebelski – Acclaimed

Candidate Newsletters
For the benefit of all candidates running in the election, as well as for the members voting, all candidates are invited to submit a letter to outline their ideas and platform for the membership.  The letter will not be edited and will be distributed to the membership as written by each candidate by JUNE 4, 2026.

Voting will take place on-line from 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. on THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2026.
The voting information will be sent directly to you from Simply Vote.

If you do not have access to your email, the internet or a computer, an on-line voting station (no paper ballots) will be set-up at the CUPE 59 office (106 33^rd Street East) and you must pre-register by calling 306-652-6963.

In Solidarity,
CUPE 59 Election Committee

We would like to present to you, our new logo for CUPE59!

Thank you City of Saskatoon workers!

Sun Life becomes the City of Saskatoon’s new Benefits Provider.

January 1, 2026: Go Live Date
The new plans takes effect and becomes available.

Details of the new plan
The flex plan includes three levels of coverage for both health and dental benefits:

• Option 1 – Base level of coverage
• Option 2 – Higher level of coverage
• Option 3 – Greatest level of coverage

Eligible employees can choose the level of coverage under each of the health and dental plan options that works best for them and can select their coverage type – single, couple, or family.

Regardless of the coverage type, Option 1 for both health and dental will be fully paid by City.
If an employee chooses to upgrade to Option 2 or 3 – for either health, dental, or both – they will only pay the difference in cost.

As part of the updated health and dental plan, employees will be provided with access to a virtual Employee Assistance Program (EAP). The EAP is intended to supplement services that employees already have with our own City EFAP program and will include supportive tools and access to short-term support including financial planning support, work and career support, legal support, mental health support, family and relationship support, women’s health support, manager coaching support, and more.
Sun Life has industry-leading technology so we expect that much of the enrollment processes and ongoing access and support will be available fully online.

Participating Groups

Currently CUPE 47, CUPE 859, ESA, SCMMA  (TSOUP Local 222) and CUPE 59, are the groups that have committed to these new benefits plans.

As amended at the 2025 National Convention. The CUPE Constitution determines the union’s objectives and how the union operates. It forms the basis for the functioning of the more than 2,100 CUPE local unions across Canada.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees is Canada’s largest union. CUPE represents 800,000 workers in a wide range of occupations from coast to coast. CUPE is a democratic union in which the members make the decisions and set the policies. At all levels, it is the rank and file members who determine by majority vote what the Union does.

The CUPE Constitution came into existence at the Founding Convention in 1963 when the National Union of Public Employees (NUPE) and the National Union of Public Service Employees (NUPSE) merged to form the Canadian Union of Public Employees. Changes to the Constitution can only be made by the delegates at the Union’s Biennial Convention.

The CUPE Constitution accordingly belongs to the members of CUPE. It determines the Union’s objectives and how the Union operates. It forms the basis for the functioning of the more than 2,100 CUPE local unions across Canada.

Link to the article: CUPE 59 condemns City of Saskatoon’s plan to contract out Harry Bailey Aquatic Centre | CUPE Saskatchewan

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