Union News
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...
Educational Staff COVID-19 Vaccine Information
Please find attached information about the vaccine rollout in schools. Please note the vaccines provided will be Pfizer and Moderna not AstraZeneca. Details are in the attachment from Vancouver Coastal Health. Be aware that the vaccine distribution is solely...
COVID-19 and Mask Requirements Q & A
The provincial Steering Committee has developed a Q&A document to assist school districts in implementing the recent updates to the Provincial COVID-19 Health & Safety Guidelines for K-12 Settings regarding mask requirements. The Ministry...
Bulletin #62 – April 12, 2021
Hello K-12 Members,The CUPE K-12 Presidents Council, along with CUPE National staff, have started the series of consultation and planning calls with K-12 (including early years) members grouped together by similarity of job duties. The first meeting was held on...
COVID 19 Update – April 12, 2021
Greetings, We would like to update members on our recent discussions with the employer regarding the roll out of the K-12 vaccine program.We were hoping to hear something from government last week, but they did not have any answers for us yet.If you were not aware,...
Vaccines and Expansion of COVID-19 Rapid Test Kits for Schools
The VSB has requested vaccines for all employees who may have even only been in a school once a month. The COVID-19 rapid test kits that the VSB piloted in ten schools earlier this year were highly successful. These test kits have been approved for expansion to all...
Q&A on Updated Provincial COVID-19 Health & Safety Guidelines/Rapid Response Teams
The provincial K-12 committees have released new and updated information that will be helpful in your local COVID-19 response effort. Please find the documents below.
Register for K-12 Consultation and Planning Calls Bulletin #61
The CUPE K-12 Presidents Council, along with CUPE National staff, are announcing a series of consultation and planning calls with K-12 (including early years) members grouped together by similarity of job duties. The attached bulletin contains the descriptions, dates,...
2021 Executive Board Elections
Nominations were held at the March 24, 2021 Virtual General Membership Meeting. Due to the amendment of Bylaw 12.4 in 2019, which altered the election cycle of the Executive Board positions, only one trustee position was up for election this year.Nominations took...
Deputy Minister’s K-12 Mask Requirement Update Bulletin
Further to yesterday’s PHO announcement and Deputy Minister’s bulletin, BCCDC Public Health Guidance for K-12 Schools and the Provincial COVID-19 Health and Safety Guidelines for K-12 Settings have been updated to reflect the amended mask requirements for K-12 staff...
K-12 Updated Information on COVID-19 Bulletin #59
Please post and/or distribute the attached bulletin. We will be posting the bulletin below to @cupek12bc accounts on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, and on https://bcschools.cupe.ca. We ask you to follow these social media accounts and amplify shared news by liking...