Remembering and recommitting to safer workplaces
VANCOUVER—CUPE locals at UBC organized a well-attended ceremony to mark the National Day of Mourning for workers lost or injured on the job. Piper Jenna Potter, whose father is a CUPE member, led a procession from Flag Pole Plaza to the CUPE 116 memorial site. Also in the procession were CUPE 116 president Colleen Garbe […]
Air Transat flight attendants seek conciliation
MONTREAL – The union representing some 1,400 Air Transat flight attendants today asked the Federal Ministry of Labour to appoint a conciliator to assist in ongoing negotiations. The union representatives noted that, after 24 bargaining sessions since September 2010, the employer is seeking major concessions from the flight attendants. Fifteen days after today’s request, a […]
