Mark Bethel

Biography

Mark Bethel has been a proud Teamster for 22 years, employed at UPS Fraser Valley Centre as a package car driver since 1992. He was elected Shop Steward in 2004 and Chief Shop Steward in 2005, and was elected representative at the 2010 and 2015 National Collective Agreement Bargaining between UPS and the Canada Council of Teamsters.

He was appointed to the Local 31 Executive Board as Recording Secretary in July 2014, elected Trustee in January 2018, and appointed Business Representative in June 2018. He served as an Election Officer for the 2006 IBT Delegate Election and the 2008 Local 31 General Election, and participated in the 2009–2010 National FedEx organizing campaign. He is a graduate of several Canadian Labour Congress Winter School courses, including Advanced Collective Bargaining (2008) and Facing Management (2015).