Union News
VCH CBA Bargaining Bulletin – January CBA Bargaining Dates Set to Hear a New Offer
Hello VCH Community Health Members: Please find attached a bulletin from the Community Bargaining Association (CBA) Negotiating Committee. In solidarity, Warren WilliamsPresident
International Human Rights Day
Greetings Members: Please see article from CUPE National regarding International Human Rights Day at the following link.
Vancouver Coastal Health HSPBA Ratification Vote: December 14 to 21, 2022
Greetings CUPE Local 15 Health Science Professionals: The ratification vote for the Vancouver Coastal Health HSPBA Tentative Agreement will be conducted online via Simply Voting. This is a trusted platform used by many organizations and unions, including CUPE Local...
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...
BREAKING: NESTLE SELLS WATER BUSINESS TO WALL ST FOR $4.3 BILLION
by Mark Calzavara, The Council of Canadians, April 2021 This week’s news that Nestlé is selling its bottled water interests in Canada is a capitalistic déjà vu for communities that have been fighting the bottled water giant for decades.The new owners will be private...
DON’T LET CORPORATE LOBBYISTS STAND IN THE WAY OF UNIVERSAL PHARMACARE
by Donya Ziaee, of the Council of Canadians, March 2021 After years of pledging to deliver pharmacare, the federal Liberals have yet again failed to follow through on that promise. On Wednesday, February 24, Liberal MPs joined Conservatives and the Bloc Quebecois...
COUNCIL OF CANADIANS TELLS MPS TO STOP INFRASTRUCTURE PRIVATIZATION (P3s)
Dylan Penner, March 2021 On February 23, 2021 the House of Commons Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities met to discuss the mandate of the Canada Infrastructure Bank. Included below are notes from Climate and Social...
City et al Bargaining Committee Update
An article from the City et al Bargaining Committee (City of Vancouver, Parks, Britannia, and Ray-Cam) is printed in the March issue of the Members’ Voice that you will be receiving next week. The following is a further update to that article that includes new...
Help Black Shirt Day be an annual Event! Sign the petition.
From the Anti-Racism Coalition of Vancouver (ARC), Chair: "We only have 16,600 signatures and would like to top 25,000 before our meeting with the Honourable Jennifer Whiteside Minister of Education on March 18th." In British Columbia, thousands of students wear pink...
March 11 Session on Labour and LGBTIQ Movements Working Together for Human Rights (Dignity Network)
Solidarity Matters: Global Labour & LGBTIQ Movements Working Together for Human Rights Throughout the world, labour unions have been a powerful force for the advancement of human rights for LGBTIQ people. A panel of stellar speakers will reflect upon the important...
Call for Expression of Interest EDMP Representative
Please find an expression of interest for an EDMP backfill position attached above. Please circulate this to the Vancouver Coastal Health members in your work place. Any questions can be sent to me directly.Thank you in advance for sharing this and if applicable, your...
Save the Date! Car Caravan to Support BC’s Unequal Women on Mar. 8 IWD 🚗
Hotels are refusing to recall their long-term workers when the hospitality industry recovers. Instead, mass firings are being used to strip away gains made by women who are the backbone of this industry and set them back to an earlier era. Hyatt is on the verge of...
City et al Bargaining Committee Update
Your City et al Bargaining Committee (City of Vancouver, Parks, Britannia, and Ray-Cam) has not met with the employer since November 2020. In November, after an overwhelming response to our survey, the committee presented an alternative approach that would speed up...
Rent Strike Bargain Campaign
At the February 2021 CUPE Local 15 Executive Board meeting the Executive voted unanimously to circulate information of the Rent Strike Bargain Campaign on behalf of the Vancouver and District Labour Council as follows:At their January 2021 meeting, The Vancouver and...