Union News
Update on CBA Provincial Recruitment and Retention Incentives
Dear Vancouver Coastal Health CBA Members: Please find attached the bulletin from our Health Sector Coordinator, Andrew Ledger, which includes updates regarding the Ministry of Health’s funding initiatives.
Urgent Pacific Blue Cross Election Update – Board of Directors Election Postponed
Dear Pacific Blue Cross (PBC) Members: Please see below an update from CUPE BC President, Karen Ranalletta, regarding the Pacific Blue Cross Board of Directors Election. Urgent Pacific Blue Cross Election Update We have an important update regarding the Pacific Blue...
More CUPE Members Now Covered by WorkSafeBC Mental-Health Presumption
Greetings Vancouver Coastal Health HSPBA and CBA Members: Please find attached a bulletin from our Health Sector Coordinator, Andrew Ledger, which includes important information regarding the increase in coverage for more CUPE members by WorkSafeBC mental-health...
Recarving and Healing Our Spirits Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Dear Members: Please see the invitation below to the Recarving & Healing Our Spirits Film Screening and Panel Discussion on Reconciliation in Education.
Chartwells Langara Information Meeting and Ratification Vote – June 21, 2024
Dear Chartwells Members: Your Bargaining Committee is pleased to announce that on the evening of May 23, 2024, we reached a tentative agreement with the employer, pending ratification by the membership. We will be having the ratification meeting on Friday, June 21,...
CUPE Holds Successful 2024 Health Sector Bargaining Conference
Greetings Vancouver Coastal Health HSPBA and CBA Members: Please find attached a bulletin from our Health Sector Coordinator, Andrew Ledger, which includes important information regarding the recent CUPE 2024 Health Sector Bargaining Conference. We plan to provide...
CUPE and Allies Rally for Public Health Care on Parliament Hill
Please see message at the link below from CUPE National regarding the rally for public health care on Parliament Hill. https://cupe.ca/cupe-and-allies-rally-public-health-care-parliament-hill?utm_medium=email&utm_source=CUPEToday
Vancouver School Board /CUPE Local 15 Information Bulletin – New Collective Agreement and COVID-19 Update
Greetings Vancouver School Board Members: We wish to keep everyone updated regarding the changes to your new collective agreement; especially with wages and benefits. Updates for your wages and benefits are competing with the legal requirement the employer has...
Museums Bargaining Update
Greetings VMM, MOV, and HRMSC Members: In December 2022, we notified the employer of our intent to start the bargaining process. We requested documents and sent a draft protocol agreement. Unfortunately, through to January 2023, we were unable to reach an agreement...
Black History Month
Black History should be recognized 365 days a year, and not limited to a single month. Black History acknowledgement is also a time for all Canadians to reflect and educate ourselves on the history of Black enslavement, discrimination and criminalization of...
Vancouver Art Gallery Bargaining Update
Greetings Vancouver Art Gallery Members: Happy New Year and Lunar New Year from your bargaining committee. Now that we are back from holidays, we would like to share a bargaining update with you. On December 15, 2022, the bargaining committee served notice to bargain,...
VCH HSSCBA Bargaining Update: CUPE HSSCBA Ratification Information
Dear HSSCBA Members, Please find below an important notice from Andrew Ledger, National Representative and Health Coordinator, and your Community Bargaining Association (CBA) Negotiation Committee regarding the CUPE HSSCBA ratification information sessions. A notice...
“Think Big” Revenue Strategy Impact on CUPE Staff
Greetings Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation Members: Please find below a message from Vancouver Park Board Chair, Scott Jensen, regarding the "Think Big" Revenue Strategy impact on CUPE Local 15 Park Board members.
Happy Lunar New Year!
Hello Everyone, CUPE Local 15 Executive and Society boards wants to wish everyone a Happy Lunar New Year. 新年快乐 pronounced “sun nin fai lok” in Cantonese and “xīn nián kuài lè” in mandarin. This phrase is meant to wish you a happy new year. 恭喜发财 pronounced...
Vancouver School Board/CUPE Local 15 Bargaining Update – Ratification Vote Results Notice
Greetings VSB Members: As President of CUPE Local 15, I wish to thank the bargaining committee for their hard work and dedication to an extremely challenging round of bargaining. I would also like to thank the members who attended the ratification meetings on January...
Vancouver Coastal Health HSPBA Pay Increases Expected in Approximately Six Weeks
Greetings Vancouver Coastal Health HSPBA Members: Please find the attached bulletin from the CUPE National Representative and Health Sector Coordinator Andrew Ledger regarding the pay increases for Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association (HSPBA) members....