Union News
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 Local 15 Vancouver School Board Bargaining Committee Election Results
Dear K-12 Members: Thank you to all the members who attended the special meeting last night to select a bargaining committee for the upcoming round of negotiations with the Vancouver School Board. Congratulations to the following members who were elected to the Local...
Trustee Election Results
Dear Members: The results of the election that took place at the in-person Annual General Membership meeting on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 for one Trustee position are in. After the nomination process and voting closed, Sheri Nielsen was elected as the Trustee and she...
Support to Unionize Research Assistants
Dear Members: The University of British Columbia is the largest university in BC and one of the largest in Canada. Yet it is one of the last universities in the country without a union for graduate research assistants. The lack of a union has prevented UBC student...
Ministry Funding for Health Sector
Greetings CUPE CBA and HSPBA Members, Please find attached a bulletin from our Health Sector Coordinator, Andrew Ledger, which includes an important update regarding funding for our health sector.
International Human Rights Day
Greetings Members: Please see article from CUPE National regarding International Human Rights Day at the following link.
Vancouver Coastal Health HSPBA Ratification Vote: December 14 to 21, 2022
Greetings CUPE Local 15 Health Science Professionals: The ratification vote for the Vancouver Coastal Health HSPBA Tentative Agreement will be conducted online via Simply Voting. This is a trusted platform used by many organizations and unions, including CUPE Local...
VCH HSPBA Bargaining Update: CUPE HSPBA Ratification Information
Dear HSPBA Members, Please find below an important notice from Andrew Ledger, National Representative and Health Coordinator, regarding the CUPE HSPBA ratification information sessions. A notice including the Zoom link was sent out to your personal email address if we...
HEU Joint Release – Federal Health and Immigration Ministers Urged to Stop Deportation of Local Health Care Worker
As health ministers meet in Vancouver, HEU issued a joint news release below with Sanctuary Health to urge the federal health and immigration ministers to stop the deportation of a local healthcare worker and HEU member. Claudia Zamorano is a hospital housekeeper. She...
VSB Bargaining Bulletin – November 2022
Greetings!Your CUPE Local 15/VSB Bargaining Committee would like to provide you with an update as to how things are progressing with the renewal of your collective agreement.The Bargaining Committee would like to thank you all for your patience and understanding as...
City et al Bargaining Committee Priorities Survey 2022
Greetings City et al Members:On September 20, 2022, our members from the City of Vancouver, Vancouver Park Board, RayCam Cooperative Centre, and Britannia Community Centre elected the City et al Bargaining Committee to represent City et al members in contract...
“We won”: CUPE celebrates defeat of Doug Ford’s anti-worker Bill 28
Dear Members: Please see below message from CUPE National regarding the defeat of Doug Ford’s anti-worker Bill 28.
715,000 CUPE Members Across the Country Unite Alongside Education Workers
Today, 55,000 Ontario frontline education workers walked out of schools in a political protest. The entire Canadian Union of Public Employees membership, 715,000 strong across the country, is with them. Ontario works because of CUPE members. We keep hospitals...
HSPBA Bargaining Bulletin – BC’s 22,000 Specialized Health Care Professionals Reach Tentative Agreement
Dear HSPBA Members: Please see attached bargaining bulletin from Andrew Ledger, CUPE National Representative and Health Coordinator.
K-12 President’s Council Bulletin – Solidarity Message
Dear K-12 Members:Please see the attached message of solidarity from BC K-12 workers to Ontario education workers. Please post and distribute widely to share this important message. We stand united with Ontario K-12 workers and will provide whatever support we...