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John Wabb YE Podcast

December 22, 2025

Episode 15 - Reflecting the Past Illuminating the Future with John Wabb

As we wrap up 2025, the ๐—–๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—ช ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ turns the spotlight inward for a meaningful reflection on where weโ€™ve been and where weโ€™re headed.

๐—–๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—ช ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ joins host ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป for a year-in-review conversation that explores the progress, challenges, and collective wins that shaped 2025.

From expanded member participation and committee-driven initiatives to a growing emphasis on psychological safety, inclusion, and respectful workplaces, this episode highlights the work happening across the Union, both seen and unseen.

John also looks ahead to 2026, an important election year for CUSW, and explains how workplace elections, national leadership roles, and committees all connect to the unionโ€™s bottom-up structure.

The conversation reinforces a core message: 
"๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€."

Whether youโ€™re curious about how CUSW operates, considering getting more involved, or simply want a clearer picture of the unionโ€™s direction, this episode offers insight, clarity, and encouragement to be part of whatโ€™s next.

Want to connect with John or learn more? Feel free to reach out to him directly at โ [email protected]โ   Donโ€™t forget to visit โ www.cusw.caโ  to explore more opportunities and resources.  If you have a story to share, a guest to suggest, or a topic youโ€™d like to hear on the podcast, email us at โ [email protected]โ . If you enjoyed this episode, share it with your friends and colleagues to help shine the spotlight on the incredible work happening at CUSW! 

๐Ÿ”ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—–๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—ช https://www.cusw.ca/who-we-are
๐Ÿ”ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ https://www.cusw.ca/news
๐Ÿ”ป ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต https://www.cusw.ca/contact
๐Ÿ”ป ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ https://www.cusw.ca/participation-model
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๐ŸŽต Music Credits: Original music by Glen MacNeil (lyrics, vocals, guitar) with production by Brad MacNeil. ๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป, ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—–๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—ช ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜! #cuswspotlight #cuswelections #skilledtrades #unionmember #Nationalcommittees #tradespeople #unionstrong #podcastlife #podcastguests #CUSWpodcast #skilledworkers #canadianunion #phychologicalsafety #cuswunity #communication #yearreview #2025to2026