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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...
IMPORTANT: New Vaccination Opportunity
Sent on behalf of Collette O’Reilly, Director Risk Management, Vancouver School District May 3, 2021 To ALL VSB Employees:Attached is an important letter from VCH announcing additional vaccine appointments for ALL employees at VSB schools and other VSB worksites....
Bulletin 67 – EAs share concerns and experiences – Further meetings schedule is listed here
Please see the attached bulletin for all VSB employees.
Reporting COVID-19 contracted at work to WorkSafeBC
Call for Nominations – CUPE Human Rights Awards
Nominations are now open for CUPE’s three human rights awards which recognize the achievement and activism of CUPE members in advancing equity and human rights. The awards will be presented at the 2021 CUPE National Convention in November. Nominations are due no...
How to Access Your Pay Advice for the Vaccination Clinic
Please see the attached bulletin about how to get a pdf for you to print off or save to your device for the vaccination clinic.
CUPE BC WEB CONFERENCE INVITATION
Build Your Resilience: Tools for Managing the Stress of COVID-19 June 15, 2021 | 9:30 – 11:00 am PST Dear Members, We are pleased to invite you to CUPE BC's Summer 2021 web conference offering. Please find the event details below: Title: Build...
IMPORTANT: Staff Vaccination Opportunity
Sent on behalf of Collette O’Reilly, Director Risk Management, Vancouver School DistrictTo All VSB Employees,Attached is an important letter from VCH announcing the next phase of the K-12 vaccination campaign.During this phase, 17,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine is...
K-12 COVID-19 Vaccine School Scheduling Information
Vancouver Coastal Health is solely responsible on the selection of schools as to when members will be vaccinated. The Vancouver School Board has no involvement in this selection process. VCH makes their decisions based on the data they have with regards to community...
K-12 Bulletin #65 – Vaccination Appointment Update
This bulletin outlines the announcement by the Ministry of Labour introducing amendments to the Employment Standards Act that, if passed, will provide all workers with up to three hours of paid leave to get each dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. This is very welcome news...
CUPE Health Services Workload and COVID-19 Survey
Please find the link to the CUPE Health Services Workload and COVID-19 Survey 2021 in the attached document below. The deadline for survey completion is April 30, 2021.