CUPE BC represents more than 80,000 workers in more than 170 local unions and across many different sectors. Nearly every community in the province has one or more CUPE locals. CUPE members work in hundreds of occupations that help keep communities strong.  more...

Barry O'Neill CUPE BC, President

Half a century of keeping B.C. strong

Happy New Year, to all 85,000 CUPE BC members!  I hope you were able to enjoy the holidays with your friends and families and get some much-needed rest after an extremely busy 2011. As we plan our more...

Help save job service for Downtown Eastside residents

VANCOUVER—A valuable employment service that helps up to 3,000 underprivileged people a year find work needs your help to stay open.

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Petition Harper: Stop Forcing Communities to Privatize

CUPE BC has launched a petition to fight back against the lack of federal funding for public infrastructure projects across Canada.

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CLBC Stop the Cuts – Coming to your town!

A coalition of activists supporting persons with disabilities is planning a series of rallies as part of its campaign to stop the cuts and restore services to Community Living BC.

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Shift today, help keep your community strong!

Check out www.tenpercentshift.ca and take the Ten Percent Shift pledge! If enough of us shift just ten percent of our household spending to local goods and services from locally owned businesses, we can make a huge impact on the local economy. And please check out our Facebook page here, where you can post your local buying success stories—and challenges. 

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CUPE progressing on K-12 local agreements
January 27, 2012
BURNABY– In December, the Canadian Union of Public Employees, representing 26,000 members in B.C.’s public school system, reached a tentative Provincial Framework Agreement with the BC Public School
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First bargaining dates set for Community Social Services
January 26, 2012
Multi-union CSSBA, employers agency to commence talks during week of February 27 BURNABY— Community-based social service workers across British Columbia are returning to the bargaining table in 2012.
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Community Health Services and Support – Members begin negotiations
January 24, 2012
BURNABY—Representatives of CUPE’s Community Health Services and Support members are set to begin talks with the employer this week.Delegates to a bargaining convention in October put wages and benefits
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CUPE Community social services workers deserve recognition and respect
January 17, 2012
BURNABY—Community Social Services workers deserve a fair wage increase that addresses the gap making us the lowest paid unionized public service workers in British Columbia.  And that’s exactly
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