A member of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), Greg was elected in 2018 to help the EDLC continue its advocacy for working people in the Edmonton area. As long time union activist and community organizer Greg has brought a wide range of skills and experience to his role. Over the past 8 years Greg has been able to take an organization with around 35,000 members that struggled to make quorum and had little to no presence in the community or at city hall to one that by all metrics is thriving. We now have 50,000 members, over 100 registered delegates with around 80% attending meetings regularly and a presence in our community with influence in our city council that hasn’t existed in at least 50 years.

Greg strives to provide the tools needed to anyone who is willing to do the hard work that it takes to build a stronger, engaged and more collaborative labour movement, so together we can achieve a more equitable world.

Why is he engaged? “For too long working people have been ignored in politics in favour of a wealthy and powerful elite. If we’re not acting to increase the recognition of our value we are agreeing to see others benefit off of our work. I think we deserve better, and can do better as long as we do what we can, as often as we can we will create change together!”