Union News
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...
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....
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)...
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...