CUPE BC Convention starts Wednesday

VANCOUVER—More than 600 delegates to the CUPE BC Convention will arrive in Vancouver tomorrow as the union kicks off its 48th annual convention Wednesday evening at the Hyatt Regency. The convention theme is “Community Action—It Works!” In addition to President Barry O’Neill’s opening address Wednesday evening, delegates will hear from guest speakers like South African […]

SkyTrain workers ratify three-year deal

BURNABY—Members of CUPE 7000, SkyTrain workers, have ratified a three-year agreement with the British Columbia Rapid Transit Company (BCRTC). The agreement includes improvements to language such as shift differentials; a comparator wage adjustment of three per cent with a one-half per cent lift for trades in the first year; wage increases in years two and […]