CUPE turns up the heat on Bill 21

VANCOUVER – CUPE members, faculty, activists and students braved the cold (for Vancouver) weather today to rally at the University of British Columbia in support of free collective bargaining. The midday rally at UBC was the latest in a series of public protests against the provincial government legislating 3,500 striking ambulance paramedics “back to work” […]

CUPE Metro IWD lunch – a community success

VANCOUVER – Service providers and women from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside marked International Women’s Day on Monday this week at a lunch sponsored by CUPE Metro Vancouver District Council. The lunch was emcee’d by Sheryl Burns, vice-president of CUPE 1936, who welcomed the more than 150 women. Squamish Band Elder Barbara Charlie welcomed everyone to Lil’wat, […]