Charles Fleury (trade unionist)

Charles Fleury
National Secretary-Treasurer of the Canadian Union of Public Employees
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 2, 2011
Preceded byClaude Généreux
Personal details
Political partyNew Democratic Party

Charles Fleury is a Canadian trade union activist and former National Secretary-Treasurer of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). Fleury was elected National Secretary-Treasurer on November 2, 2011[1] at the CUPE National Convention in Vancouver, British Columbia. He retired in 2021[2] and was succeeded by Candace Rennick.

Career

Fleury started his activism as a trade unionist in 1982, when he started working for Hydro-Québec, working as a millwright and high-tension tower lineman under CUPE local 1500. [3] By 1999, he was elected to the position of secretary general of local 1500 [3] Fleury was first elected to the CUPE National Executive board as a regional vice-president for the Québec division [3] On November 2, 2011, Fleury was elected to his first term as CUPE National Secretary-Treasurer. [1] He was re-elected as National Secretary-Treasurer again in 2013 and 2015.

Fleury is an advocate for climate change having attended global summits including the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen[4] and the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. [5]

Fleury is a supporter of the New Democratic Party of Canada and works with NDP officials and candidates.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Charles Fleury elected CUPE National Secretary-Treasurer". Market Wired.
  2. ^ https://cupe.ca/vibrant-tribute-paid-retiring-charles-fleury
  3. ^ a b c "Charles Fleury, National Secretary-Treasurer". Canadian Union of Public Employees. 9 March 2017.
  4. ^ "List of participants" (PDF). United Nations Framework on Climate Change.
  5. ^ "From Vancouver to Paris: Workers Uniting Against Climate Change". Rankandfile.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-08-14. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  6. ^ "CUPE Stands With Mulcair". MSN Money. Archived from the original on 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2016-06-24.


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