Union News
Emily Carr University Ratification of Tentative Agreement Meeting Notice – October 11, 2023
Greetings Emily Carr University of Art and Design Members: Please see notice below regarding an important meeting that will be mailed out to your home address that we have on file. To ensure that you receive important updates, please make sure that the union office...
Bulletin – HSPBA Classification Redesign Process Ready for Members
Greetings Vancouver Coastal Health HSPBA Members: Please find the attached bulletin from the CUPE National Representative and Health Sector Coordinator, Andrew Ledger, regarding the HSPBA classification redesign process ready for members.
K-12 Presidents Council Bulletin – Join Us to Resist Anti-2SLGBTQI+ Hate!
Greetings K-12 Members: Please see bulletin below from the K-12 Presidents Council to stand against anti-2SLGBTQI+ hate.
HSPBA Classification Review to Begin on September 22, 2023
Greetings Vancouver Coastal Health HSPBA Members: Please find the attached bulletin below from the CUPE National Representative and Health Sector Coordinator, Andrew Ledger, regarding the HSPBA Classification Review to begin on September 22, 2023.
City et al Bargaining Committee Update – September 12, 2023
Greetings City et al Members: Your Bargaining Committee continued to meet over August. We received a framework to settle package from the employer on August 22, 2023. Your committee reviewed and discussed the package that was proposed and responded with our counter...
Metro Vancouver Labour Day Celebration!
Hello CUPE Local 15 Members: Please see information below from the Vancouver & District Labour Council regarding a Labour Day Celebration on Monday, September 4th between 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
National Indigenous Peoples Day
June 21 is usually a day of celebration for Indigenous peoples, however the past year has been a challenging time as Indigenous communities across the country mourn the ongoing recovery of thousands of Indigenous children buried on residential school grounds. Please...
Take Action on Injured Workers Day – BCFED
June 1st is Injured Workers Day, a day that injured workers, their families, friends, unions & other progressive groups gather across Canada to call for urgently-needed changes to workers’ compensation programs. This year, we are doing just that. We are ramping...
City et al – Five Paid Sick Days per Calendar Year for Auxiliary & Temporary Full-Time Employees
Dear City, Parks, Britannia and Ray-Cam members: Our collective agreements with City, Parks, Britannia, and Ray-Cam provide paid sick leave for only a portion of the employees of these four employers. For those employees previously not eligible for paid sick days...
Vancouver School Board – Ratification of Bargaining Proposals
Thanks to the members who came out to our Ratification of Bargaining Proposals meetings.The members voted overwhelmingly in favour of ratifying the bargaining proposals as presented.Our first day at the bargaining table with the employer is June 10, 2022. Watch for...
2022 Executive Election Results
After the nomination process closed, Warren Williams was acclaimed as President, Ravina Lal was acclaimed as 2nd Vice President, Bernie Dionne was acclaimed as Parks Sector Representative, Roxshanna Shankar was acclaimed as the HSSCBA (Community Health) Sector...
VSB/CUPE Local 15 Information Bulletin: Quarantine Pay Update
Greetings K-12 Members: We are disappointed in having to report that the employer has denied the grievance we filed regarding members having to use their sick days to cover quarantine time due to contracting COVID-19, as opposed to paying you separately under the...
VSB/CUPE Local 15 Information Bulletin: 2022 Bargaining Update
Greetings K-12 Members: Your CUPE Local 15 Bargaining Committee met on May 18 and 19 to continue work on preparing proposals that will be presented to the membership for ratification on May 24 and 26, 2022. We strongly encourage all members to attend the proposal...
Election Voting Link – City, College/University and K-12 Members Only
Please see link below. https://cupe15.simplyvoting.com/
Meeting Notice – Vancouver School Board Bargaining Proposals
Statement from CUPE BC Regarding National Logo
BURNABY--It has come to our attention that CUPE National's logo is being used to promote a "protest" event without our authorization. Without drawing additional attention to this event, we wish to make it clear that our union has not endorsed nor is associated with...