CUPE BC to maintain BC Federation of Labour, Canadian Labour Congress membership
CLC dispute with NUPGE results in CUPE BC decision to hold 3-day CUPE Caucus VANCOUVER—Rather than participate in the BC Federation of Labour 2010 Convention, CUPE BC will hold a 3-day caucus meeting in Vancouver, CUPE BC President Barry O’Neill said today. O’Neill issued the following statement today: “It is with great regret that I […]
Bargaining continues for health science professionals contract
VANCOUVER–The Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association continues to meet with the Health Employers Association of BC to negotiate a new collective agreement. Two weeks ago, the union association served notice to the employer that a concessionary package is completely unacceptable to health science professionals. Discussions have continued and the unions are optimistic that HEABC and […]
Union moves forward with ambitious human rights agenda
Conference ends with key recommendations on several issues RICHMOND—CUPE BC’s first human rights conference wrapped up on November 20 with delegates united and excited about the union’s role in advancing equality in B.C. workplaces and society at large. The conference, which drew 112 registered delegates, brought all four of CUPE BC’s equity-seeking groups—aboriginal workers, workers […]
CUPE BC human rights conference opens on Nov. 18
RICHMOND—CUPE human rights activists are gearing up for a big conference (“Human Rights – Making it Happen,” November 18-20) which opens next week at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel in Richmond. The conference will for the first time bring all four of CUPE BC’s equity-seeking groups—workers of colour, aboriginal workers, workers with disabilities and pink […]
Panel discussion highlights current human rights challenges
RICHMOND—CUPE BC’s human rights conference got down to business on November 19 with a compelling panel discussion that explored current challenges in the field of human rights. Arthur Manuel, spokesperson for the Indigenous Network on Economies and Trade (INET), began the plenary with a talk on aboriginal poverty and its legal and constitutional implications. Manuel’s […]
Understanding difference the key to human rights progress – O’Donnell
RICHMOND—CUPE BC’s first human rights conference kicked off last night with a challenge from the keynote speaker to recognize cultural distinctiveness in the union’s continuing fight for equality in the workplace and society at large. Susan O’Donnell, executive director of the BC Human Rights Coalition, told the conference’s 112 delegates that the goal of human […]
HEABC tables concession package for health science professionals
VANCOUVER—After eight months of bargaining for a new collective agreement, the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) last week finished tabling proposals amounting to significant concessions for the province’s health science professionals’ collective agreement. Chief Negotiator for the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association (HSPBA) Maureen Headley said the package tabled is an insult to HSA […]
CUPE BC passionate about justice for all
VANCOUVER—The labour movement has a responsibility to work with and support organizations that provide legal services for low-income and vulnerable people, CUPE BC General Vice President Paul Faoro told a packed room at a fundraising event late last week to support Vancouver’s Pivot Legal Society. “In my view, the labour community should be working more […]
Human Rights – CUPE activists are ‘making it happen’
RICHMOND—Activists will celebrate key victories while strategizing for continuing challenges at CUPE BC’s human rights conference (November 18-20, 2010, Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel, Richmond). Themed “Human Rights – Making it Happen”, the conference will for the first time bring all four of CUPE BC’s equity-seeking groups—workers of colour, aboriginal workers, workers with disabilities and pink […]
CUPE 374 calls on council to consider the public option
SOOKE—CUPE 374 is calling on Sooke’s Mayor and Council to hold an open tendering process and to look at a public option for delivery of water and wastewater services in Sooke. The District of Sooke issued a news release late last week stating that they were moving forward with negotiations to enter into a 21-year […]
