Union News
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...
Vancouver Coastal Health HSPBA Pay Increases Expected in Approximately Six Weeks
Greetings Vancouver Coastal Health HSPBA Members: Please find the attached bulletin from the CUPE National Representative and Health Sector Coordinator Andrew Ledger regarding the pay increases for Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association (HSPBA) members....
SUVCC Ratification and Vote Meeting – January 24, 2023
Please find the notice below for your upcoming Ratification Meeting and Vote on January 24, 2023 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. In solidarity, Brynn JoyceStefan NielsenGail Johnson, Staff Representative
Vancouver Coastal Health CBA Bargaining Bulletin – Tentative Agreement Reached for Community Health
Greetings Vancouver Coastal Health CBA Members:Please find attached a bulletin from the CUPE Community Bargaining Association (CBA) Bargaining Committee regarding a tentative agreement that was reached on January 15, 2023.To ensure that you receive important updates,...
VSB Ratification Meetings – January 18 and 19, 2023
Greetings VSB Members: Please find below an important notice that was mailed out this week to your home address that we have on file. To ensure that you receive important updates, please make sure that the union office has your updated home mailing address as well as...
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)...
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...