Union News
International Women’s Day
Greetings Members: Please find a link below for an article from CUPE regarding International Women's Day. https://cupe.ca/event/international-womens-day?utm_medium=email&utm_source=CUPEToday
Vancouver Coastal Health CBA Bulletin – Community Bargaining Association Unions Ratify New Three-Year Collective Agreement
Greetings Vancouver Coastal Health HSSCBA Members: Please find the bulletin at the link below from CUPE National Representative and Health Sector Coordinator Andrew Ledger regarding the Vancouver Coastal Health Community Bargaining Association's (CBA) ratification of...
Jr. Black Achievement Awards Society’s Spring Youth Educational Retreat – March 10 to 12, 2023
CUPE Local 15 is a proud sponsor of the Jr. Black Achievement Awards Society’s Spring Youth Educational Retreat, that will be taking place Friday, March 10, 2023 to Sunday, March 12, 2023. Please share the event link below with anyone you may know who would be...
City et al Bargaining Update February 2023
Greetings City et al Members: Your bargaining committee continues to meet weekly. We are on our way to being able to present thought-out proposals that we will share with our members to vote on for ratification, prior to meeting with the employer. Please make sure...
Letter from the Vancouver and District Labour Council to Vancouver School Board Trustees
Please see the attached letter on behalf of Stakeholder Unions at the Vancouver School Board to the Trustees regarding their proposal on combining the Finance and Personnel Standing Committees.
CUPE and Allies Rally for Public Health Care on Parliament Hill
Please see message at the link below from CUPE National regarding the rally for public health care on Parliament Hill. https://cupe.ca/cupe-and-allies-rally-public-health-care-parliament-hill?utm_medium=email&utm_source=CUPEToday
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.
K-12 COVID Bulletin #64 and Vaccination Program Information
Please see attached K-12 Bulletin #64, Vaccination Bulletin, and Vancouver Coastal Health letter for answers to frequently asked questions and more details on the K-12 Vaccination Program below.
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...