Union News
VSB Bargaining Update – Ratification Meetings January 2023
Greetings: Your VSB CUPE Local 15 bargaining committee reconvened bargaining with the employer on January 6th, and we are pleased to report that we have made significant gains since adjourning for the holiday break in December. Your committee is confident that we will...
City et al Bargaining Update
Greetings Members: Your CUPE Local 15 bargaining committee has partnered in a cost share program with CUPE Locals 1004 and 391 to produce a positive media campaign highlighting the various and important services that make our City work. For this campaign the committee...
City et al Bargaining Update
Thank you to our members for completing the bargaining survey, which closed on December 9th. We had a record breaking number of responses and appreciate the feedback that will help us to formulate your priorities for this round of bargaining. During the last few...
Sir James Douglas Elementary School – Temporary Relocation
Greetings: Please find attached below the letter sent out to families with children who attend Sir James Douglas Elementary School.
Vancouver Coastal Health Science Professionals Ratify New Collective Agreement
Vancouver School Board/CUPE Local 15 Information Bulletin: Bargaining Update – December 16, 2022
Greetings Members: After several weeks of intense negotiations with the Employer and your Bargaining Committee, we have been unable to find consensus on issues that are extremely important to you, the members. Issues such as: workplace safety, practicum students,...
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...
BC Federation of Labour: Tell the BC Government that Workers Need Paid Sick Days Now!
We still have some time to make paid sick leave a reality for all workers in BC. Soon, the 2021 budget will be tabled in the BC Legislature. We need to make sure that it includes paid, permanent, protected sick leave for all workers in the province. Nobody should...
CUPE Mental Health Workers – The Pandemic’s Hidden Front Line
Please take a moment to read and distribute the attached web story (see link and PDF below) that speaks to the vital work CUPE Health Sector workers do in relation to mental health related work and the magnitude of their work and its varying impacts during the...
K-12 Bulletin #58 Support Staff Vaccines
Dear K-12 Members: Please post and/or distribute the attached bulletin. The bulletin attached provides CUPE’s perspective on the positive news from yesterday; that CUPE school support staff will be one of the priority groups to receive the vaccine. The bulletin also...
BC Government Press Release – Vaccination Update
Please see attached Press Release regarding the vaccination schedule for front-line workers including K-12 educational and child care staff.
International Solidarity
Petition to the Government of Canada. Please click on the link below if you want to sign it.Whereas:On January 8, 2020, Ukrainian passenger Flight PS752 was shot down by two Iranian governments missiles;All of its crew and passengers, who were mostly Iranian-Canadian,...
Classifications Updates Deliver Pay Improvements for HSPBA Members
Attached is some great news! Please take a moment to review the bulletin and circulate it to your HSPBA colleagues. If you have any questions, you may direct them to me via email at tpaterson@cupe.ca. Special thanks to Chris Losito for his hard work and...
HSPBA Professional Development Fund 2020-2021
Attention: HSPBA Members,Please see the attached bulletin for details about the HSPBA 2020-2021 Pro D funds available to CUPE health science members.In the 2019-22 round of collective bargaining, the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association (HSPBA)...