About us

Executive and Stewards

President: Michelle Bergen

1st Vice President: Daniel Schroeder

2nd Vice President: Michael Crowley

Recording Secretary: Natalie Sinclair

Treasurer: Mike Kubrakovich

Lead Steward: Gord Meneer

Executives: 

Nick Ogryzlo
Jason Paintin
Jonny Maria

CUPE National Rep
Jarrett Schmidt

Stewards 

Manitoba Hydro - coming soon

Efficiency Manitoba - Donna Kolish

 

Committees

If you have active committees, here is a good place to put either their contact information, or updates and information from your committees.

 

What we do

CUPE Local 998 is the united, elected voice of our members—standing strong to protect your rights, your jobs, and your future. We represent all the Technical & Clerical members at Manitoba Hydro and Efficiency Manitoba.

CUPE advocates tirelessly for fair wages, improved benefits, and safe, respectful working conditions. Through the power of collective bargaining, we've achieved meaningful victories for our members, including remote work provisions that promote work-life balance and flexibility.

We are proud to represent our members in every conversation with the corporation, ensuring your voices are heard and your rights are protected. Whether it’s at the bargaining table or in day-to-day workplace matters, CUPE 998 doesn’t back down. We stand our ground—always fighting for what’s fair and never settling for less.

We are also committed to defending public services. We continue to advocate for keeping Hydro public, oppose privatization, and push back against the contracting out of union jobs. Our fight is not just for today—it’s for the long-term protection of the work we do and the services we provide.

Together, we are stronger. Together, we are CUPE 998.

 

 

Equality statement

Union solidarity is based on the principle that union members are equal and deserve mutual respect at all levels. Any behaviour that creates conflict prevents us from working together to strengthen our union.

As unionists, mutual respect, cooperation and understanding are our goals. We should neither condone nor tolerate behaviour that undermines the dignity or self-esteem of any individual or creates an intimidating, hostile or offensive environment.

Discriminatory speech or conduct which is racist, sexist, transphobic or homophobic hurts and thereby divides us. So too, does discrimination on the basis of ability, age, class, religion, language and ethnic origin.

Sometimes discrimination takes the form of harassment. Harassment means using real or perceived power to abuse, devalue or humiliate. Harassment should not be treated as a joke. The uneasiness and resentment that it creates are not feelings that help us grow as a union.

Discrimination and harassment focus on characteristics that make us different; and they reduce our capacity to work together on shared concerns such as decent wages, safe working conditions, and justice in the workplace, society and in our union.

CUPE’s policies and practices must reflect our commitment to equality. Members, staff and elected officers must be mindful that all persons deserve dignity, equality and respect.