PEACE ARCH—CUPE members were among a crowd of more than 1,500 who gathered at the Canada-U.S. border on Saturday (April 2) to stand in solidarity with Wisconsin public sector workers and in support of collective bargaining and democratic rights on both sides of the border.

The rally, organized by labour organizations from B.C., Washington and Oregon, was a bi-lateral union solidarity effort that some compared to the Canada-U.S. anti-NAFTA rallies of the late 1980s.

NANAIMO—As the Vancouver Island University Faculty Association (VIUFA) enters the third week of job action, CUPE members continued to show support for a fair and negotiated settlement.

Job action began on March 10, and picket lines have been up at VIU’s Nanaimo, Cowichan, Parksville and Powell River campuses. Close to 300 members of CUPE 1858 work at VIU.

CUPE 1858 president Tara Mitchell says that CUPE members understand how frustrating the bargaining process is in B.C.

[img_assist|nid=1917|title=|desc=UNCOMMON COURAGE—Berenice Celeyta, centre, poses with CUPE BC secretary-treasurer Mark Hancock, CUPE members and staff during this week’s visit to B.C.

BURNABY—Her work defending labour and human rights has become invaluable to her compatriots. And her courage in deciding to remain in her home country despite frequent death threats has inspired activists around the world.

Members of CUPE 402, Surrey civic workers, donned pink today in recognition of Stop Bullying Day. Please send us your photos and we'll post them in the CUPE BC photo gallery.

BURNABY—CUPE members across B.C. wore pink yesterday, February 23, in support of Stop Bullying Day. The wearing of the pink sends a message that bullying is not acceptable in our schools, our workplaces or our communities.

VANCOUVER—CUPE BC president Barry O’Neill and secretary-treasurer Mark Hancock, along with CUPE members and regional staff, joined an enthusiastic rally downtown on Thursday morning (Feb.

VANCOUVER—The thousands of community social services workers who make British Columbia a better place to live have waited long enough to achieve justice in the workplace, a mass labour rally was told here today.

“We need to see employment security, and seniority rights for lay-off and recall, as opposed to the employer’s idea of handpicking their favourites,” Patsy, a transition ho

BURNABY—Community social service workers make a difference in our communities – every day. November 6, 2010, is an opportunity to stop and say thank you for that important work as communities across Canada celebrate Community Social Services Appreciation Day.

CSS workers provide the supports and frontline services that maintain our social safety net.

BURNABY—CUPE BC secretary-treasurer Mark Hancock and staff members at BC regional office wore purple yesterday, in honour of Tyler Clementi and other LGBT youth who have committed suicide in recent weeks and months due to homophobic abuse in their homes and schools.

The case of Clementi, a Rutgers University student who took his own life last month after his roommate’s Internet broadcast of an intimate encounter with another man, made global headlines and has raised awareness about the troubling frequency of

OTTAWA—CUPE National president Paul Moist has written to the president of the Republic of the Philippines calling for an end to human rights abuses and an end to extra-judicial killings following the shocking news that three teachers, including Mark Francisco of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), were assassinated earlier this month.

Antonio Tinio, National Chairperson of ACT and newly elected ACT representative in the Philippine Congress, has reported to CUPE that the killings are linked to the failure of the previo