Celebrating International Women’s Day
BURNABY —As International Women’s Day approaches, we reflect on the past year and highlight opportunities to celebrate this important day. In the past year, the CUPE BC women’s committee has reached out into our communities to support community partners who share our goals. The initial outcome of this initiative has been very exciting as there […]
Community Health contract ratified
BURNABY – The BCGEU announced today that the contract negotiated on behalf of community health workers has been ratified by a vote of 76 per cent. All four CUPE Community Health sector locals (CUPE 4816, 3495, 15, and 3403-01) soundly rejected the tentative agreement reached with the Health Employer’s Association (HEABC) and the BCGEU in […]
Liberals further the divide in B.C. with 2010 Budget
VICTORIA—With its first post-Olympics budget, the BC Liberal government is worsening economic polarization and providing little relief to rural communities suffering from the economic crisis, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees. “This government talks a great line about ‘partnerships’ and ‘innovation’ when it comes to overseas investors and private development incentives, but not when […]
Health Sciences Professionals negotiations scheduled
VANCOUVER–The Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association (HSPBA) and Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) have agreed to begin contract discussions March 17, 2010. The current collective agreement expires at the end of March. Health Sciences Association (HSA) is the lead union, representing 16,000 health science professionals in the HSPBA. CUPE represents over 500 members in […]
Community social services bargaining and pension update
BURNABY—Representatives from the community social services sector’s multi-union negotiating team met by conference call on February 22, at the request of the B.C. Government and Services Employees’ Union. The Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) negotiations committee is composed of the elected bargainers from the 10 member unions in the CSS Bargaining Association. BCGEU, the […]
Overflow crowd gives thumbs-down to sewage P3
VICTORIA – It was a shutout for public sewage treatment at the Capital Regional District meeting on sewage treatment procurement last night. Despite the meeting being scheduled at the same time as the Canada/United States women’s hockey game, an overflow crowd came to the CRD offices in downtown Victoria to share their views on how […]
