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2007 - 2008
Board of Directors
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Local 100 - Representing
members at TransAlta Utilities
Local 200 - Representing
members at FortisAlberta
Local 400 - Representing
members at Dataco
Local 500 - Representing
members at Altalink
Unit 299 - Representing members at SNC-Lavalin
Local 700 - Representing
members at TransAlta Corporation
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2007 - 2008 UUWA Organization Chart
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UUWA Board of Directors
(click on name to go directly to biography)
Glen Faas
- CEO & Local 500 President
Greg Topola
- Local 200 President
Chris Kanten - Local
400 President
Sonia Piche
- Local 100 President
Louis Guillemette
- Local 700 President
Darlene Cardinal
- Local 100 Director
Paul Drew-Brook
- Local 200 Director
Derek Hendry - Local 200 Director
Patrick Duggan - Local
500 Director
UUWA Office Staff
Grace Thostenson -
Business Manager
Douglas Cooper - Business
Representative
Anne-Marie Taylor - Administrative Assistant
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Glen Faas
UUWA CEO & Local 500 President |
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Glen
graduated from SAIT with a Diploma in Electronics Technology and started
his career with Calgary Power in 1973. He is presently employed
with AltaLink in the System Operations Department.
His involvement with the Association began as a Unit Representative
in 1986 and then as a Director in 1993. In 2001, he was elected President
of Local 100, and in 2002, was elected President Local 500 and CEO of
the UUWA.
During his time as a member of the Board, Glen has been Secretary Treasurer
and has served as a member on various committees such as: Bylaw
re-write, Base pay redesign, Job Evaluation design and implementation,
In-Scope / Out of Scope review, Grievance and Negotiations.
Glen also has a Business Management Certificate from the University
of Calgary and continues to take courses and Seminars in Organizational
Design and Human Resources. He is a partner in Masters Group Consulting
Inc.
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Sonia Piche
President Local 100 |
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Greg Topola
President Local 200 |
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Greg was elected as President of Local 200 in September 2007 after
having served as a Director for 4 years. He has been active as a
Unit Coordinator since 1998, a position he assumed after having
served as a Job Discipline Representative for a few years. Greg has
been a member of two UUWA Bargaining Committees (2005 and 2007). He
has participated in several training opportunities provided through
the UUWA and he continues to advance his skills and knowledge in
order to do his best for the membership.
Some of his goals include getting more members involved and educated
regarding the Association and member’s rights. In dealings with
management, he feels that open, honest communication from all sides
is key to shared success.
Greg has 25 years of construction and operations experience as a
Power Line Technician, and is currently in Fortis Operations in
Athabasca.
In his free time, he loves spending as much time as possible with
his family at their home in Athabasca and their cabin at Calling
Lake.
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Chris Kanten
President Local 400 |
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Louis Guillemette
Local 700 President |
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Louis has been a member of the UUWA (formerly TAEA) for 14 years, a
Unit Coordinator for two years, member of the Ballot Committee
for two years and on the negotiation committee since April 2002.
Louis accepted the challenge to become acting Director for Local 100
in early 2002 and was elected to the Board of Directors at the AGM 2002.
Before working for TransAlta, Louis was a member of the Food Workers
Union when employed at Pinecrest Foods (now Lillydale Poultry).
Louis has a college-level education in pure science, automotive technical
schooling in Montreal (licensed Motor mechanic), Building Operator schooling
at SAIT (Class 5 ticket holder) and work experience in other fields,
such as Civic Engineering lab technician, motorcycle racing mechanics
and construction.
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Darlene Cardinal
Local 100 Director |
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Paul Drew-Brook
Local 200 Director & UUWA Secretary/Treasurer |
In early 1982, Paul started work with TransAlta in the Drafting department.
He spent 7 years in Spruce Grove working with the Design group. He is
presently employed with FortisAlberta in Calgary as an AMFM Data Integrity
Coordinator.
His involvement with the UUWA began in 1998 when he took on the role
of Unit Coordinator, and he has been a Director since 2004. Paul sums
up his role with the UUWA as 'ensuring everyone plays by the rules' |
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Derek Hendry
Local 200 Director |
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Patrick Duggan
Local 500 Director |
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Grace Thostenson
UUWA Business Manager |
Grace joined the UUWA in 2000. She has 22 years of experience negotiating
and administering collective agreements under provincial and federal
labour jurisdictions.
Grace is a graduate from the Labour College of Canada. She was
a recipient of a scholarship from the Alberta Federation of Labour and
was elected as the Class Representative at the College. Grace received
a certificate in Job Evaluation from the University of Wisconsin and
has completed numerous other labour related courses through various
venues and business administration courses through the University of
Athabasca.Grace is currently a member of the Alberta Labour Relations
Board.
Grace has served as a Vice-President of the Alberta Federation of Labour.
Grace has acted as a Co-Chair for: Job Evaluation Steering Committee;
Performance Appraisal System Review Committee. Grace has also served
on numerous committees and panels including: Employment Equity; Provincial
Government Minimum Wage review; Human Rights Coalition of Alberta; Canadian
Labour Congress Working Group; Alberta Federation of Labour Human Resources
and various ad-hoc committees; Canadian Federation of Labour convention
Secretary; Canadian representative reporting to the Women’s Caucus of
the IBEW International Convention.
Grace has experience working with employee recognition programs,
compensation and employment issues, Human Rights and WCB issues.
Grace’s community volunteer work includes several years serving as
a Probation Officer; a campaign organizer and fundraiser for Multiple
Sclerosis; and involvement with various youth and adult sports.
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Douglas
Cooper
UUWA Business Representative |
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 Douglas joined the UUWA as a Business Representative in December
2006. He has an extensive labour relations background, having
experience in negotiating collective agreements, representing
employees in grievance and arbitration proceedings and many years of
union administration. He has served as an officer of two different
locals of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees,
Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the US and
Canada (IATSE), being the President of Alberta Projectionists and
Video Technicians for over 16 years. He also worked for several
years as a representative for the Calgary Motion Picture and Stage
Technicians and eventually became their Business Agent. Doug has
been a member of the Labour Relations Board since 1999 and is also
an Appeals Commissioner for the Alberta Workers’ Compensation Board.
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Anne-Marie Taylor
UUWA Administrative Assistant |
Anne-Marie joined the UUWA office team as a Temp Administrative Assistant
in April 2004.Anne-Marie was born and raised in Calgary a long, long
time ago and has lived here all her life. She worked for AGT/TELUS in
various operator and clerical positions for 22 years. She enjoyed most
being a Relay Operator for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and took American
Sign Language and computer courses as further interests.
While at Telus Anne-Marie’s was as a shop steward for 6 years as
well as having been a negotiating committee member. She has taken shop
steward training courses with the IBEW and TWU as well as Labour Law
at the Alberta Federation of Labours’ school.
Anne-Marie
volunteers with Cooperative Housing and the Heart and Stroke Fund. Her
other interests are sports, animals, gardening, cooking and she has
a strong desire to learn how to make furniture.
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