Krista Levar wins Leadership Award of Excellence
PRINCE GEORGE — Krista Levar, Victim Services coordinator and CUPE 1048 member at the Prince George RCMP station, was recently honoured with the 2010 “Program Staff Leadership Award of Excellence” for Police Victim Services of British Columbia. Levar credits her Local with helping her secure the position of Victim Services coordinator. When the job […]
Women face uphill battle in Honduras
BURNABY—Nearly one year after the coup d’etat that ousted democratically elected president Manuel Zelaya, labour rights and working conditions for most of the country’s residents have only gotten worse—especially for women, a leading Honduran activist told CUPE BC’s International Solidarity committee on June 14. “Occupational health and safety is a virtually unknown subject in Honduras,” […]
Support motorbike ride for fallen soldiers
PORT COQUITLAM—Members of CUPE’s civic local here will join a special tribute on June 12 to Canadian soldiers who have died in Afghanistan. The Memorial Ride for the Fallen, supported by CUPE 498, is being organized by the Ubique Unit of the 3rd Canadian Army Veteran (CAV) Motorcycle Units. The CAV is a national organization […]
