Your District Council organizes educational events; forums and conferences that help CUPE members build skills, exchange information, and develop strategies for resisting employer and government cutbacks. Your Council has organized forums on privatization, pensions, the crisis in social services and other vital issues. They are open to suggestions from Locals on a variety of topics for Educationals. Your Council is also able to design workshops that respond to the particular needs of the CUPE community.

The Municipal Elections are every four years and your District Council will be working on political action plans. CUPE Councils tackle Municipal issues in our community as well as joining forces to elect representatives that support workers’ rights, social justice and public services. A progressive Municipal council not only save CUPE jobs; it will also help us to fight the provincial governments, preserve public services and create a community that is good for all of us.

Your District Council is one of the best ways to get other CUPE members to a Local picket line. Your Council draws on networks of activists, to coordinate solidarity pickets, and provide strategic, moral and financial support. This is especially important for small Locals who need the resources that the wider CUPE community in their areas.

Your Council allows CUPE members to build connections between locals and between sectors of the union. These connections go beyond the immediate problems of our particular workplaces and help us build a sense of solidarity. We learn about the problems we share and the strategies we use to defend our jobs and community.

CUPE Women have a desire to get more involved and we are seeing this as women’s committees and equality committees are popping up more and more. Your Ottawa CUPE District Council wants to harness this movement so is sponsoring a Women's committee for CUPE women to come together to share idea's and to develop ways of supporting women's equality. If you are a CUPE Woman – you can join this committee. Please check out the calendar for upcoming meetings.

Your District Council works for the benefit of CUPE members in their area, but often with limited resources. Because affiliation is voluntary, your Council depends on locals’ affiliation and the will to work together thus pooling our financial strength. Gone are the days when locals could make gains on their own. Now when attacks come from every side and employers seek the weak link in the chain to undermine our wages and services, our only response can be a common one. Affiliate to your District Council and make CUPE a more effective and united presence in your area.