Karen Ranalletta was elected President of CUPE’s British Columbia and Yukon Division in May of 2021 and is currently serving her second term in the role. Karen’s election as CUPE BC’s senior officer came after serving three terms as General Vice-President and four terms at President of CUPE 2950, where she represented more than 1,500 clerical, library and theatre workers at the University of British Columbia.
Karen is serving her third year as a member of CUPE’s National Executive Board, and was elected as a National General Vice-President (Alberta, BC and the Territories) in 2023 following two years as Regional Vice-President (BC). Karen’s National work includes serving on the National Safe Union Spaces Working Group and Political Action Committee. She also represents CUPE BC at the officers table of the BC Federation of Labour, where she co-chairs the Climate Justice and Jobs Working Group.
Outside of her union role, Karen donates her time to supporting the arts community in Vancouver, as well as supporting grassroots organizing and progressive activism. These involvements include serving as a board director for the Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance and as a member of the BC Steering Committee of the Canadian Centre of Policy Alternatives.
Tony Rebelo was elected as CUPE BC’s Secretary-Treasurer in December 2024. He was also elected to CUPE’s Executive Board as Regional Vice-President for British Columbia and the Yukon at that time.
Tony has worked at SkyTrain for 23 years and has been involved as a union activist for 22 of those years. A proud member of CUPE 7000, representing over 1,200 SkyTrain and Southern Railway workers, Tony has held multiple positions in the local. He has served as a health and safety representative, a steward, a member of the bargaining committee, a WCB advocate, as vice-president, and most recently as president of the local since 2017.
He has also been a member of the CUPE BC Executive since 2020. In his spare time, Tony is a car enthusiast who enjoys cruising in his hot rod and going to car meets.
CUPE BC acknowledges that the province of British Columbia is located on the homelands of 203 distinct Indigenous nations and cultures; with more than 30 different languages and close to 60 unique dialects spoken in the province. We ask all CUPE members to reflect, acknowledge and honour in their own way the First Nation land on which they live, work and play.
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