Union members cogs that make the Vancouver Island University machine work

A bastion of education in Nanaimo operates largely on the backs of unionized workers.
Work that CUPE Local 1858 members do at all of Vancouver Island University’s campuses, including in Nanaimo, is encompassing, Tiffany McLaughlin, local president, told the News Bulletin.
“I don’t think there’s a single department on campus that doesn’t have a CUPE worker,” she said. “We do everything from housekeeping in student residences. I think at the end of 2023, a