Kent municipal workers ratify three-year deal
KENT—CUPE Local 458 workers have ratified a new three-year collective agreement with the District of Kent. The municipal workers and the Council for the District have a new deal which expires on Dec. 31, 2013. Included in the package are wage increases in each year, access to laser treatments under vision care and a direct […]
October is Community Living Month
BURNABY—Sunday, Oct. 16 a balloon rally in support of stopping cuts to community living programs across B.C. will be held at the Vancouver Public Library (350 West Georgia Street) at 11 am. The grassroots, parent-led initiative to fight CLBC has organized this event to fight back against the cuts made to community living programs across […]
CUPE endorses early care and learning plan
BURNABY—CUPE hopes to help shape B.C.’s future by endorsing a plan designed to help improve early care and learning in B.C. CUPE recently endorsed the “Community Plan for a Public System of Integrated Early Care and Learning”. The plan is a road map toward a comprehensive public early learning and care system in British Columbia […]
Abbotsford packs the hall for public water
ABBOTSFORD—More than 200 people attended a CETA town hall meeting at the University of the Fraser Valley last night in the home riding of federal Conservative Trade Minister Ed Fast. The standing-room only crowd heard about the dangers of the Comprehensive Economic Trade agreement and how it affects the ability of communities to maintain public […]
Support the SFSS staff
BURNABY—Since the lockout began on Sunday, July 10, the Simon Fraser Student Society Board of Directors has been busy trying to encourage students to cross pickets lines, do union work and sell off the “saved wages” as free booze and pancakes. CUPE members need to mobilize and tell these student politicians to end their ideological […]
CUPE 3338-5 members ratify new agreement, lockout comes to an end
BURNABY—The members of CUPE 3338-5 that work for the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) have ratified a new agreement. The agreement was reached on Friday October 7, 2011 with the assistance of a mediator. Now that both parties have voted in favour of ratification, the lockout is over and staff are back at work. The […]
CUPE hosts town halls on CETA
BURNABY—The Canadian Union of Public Employees and the Council of Canadians are holding town hall meetings in Abbotsford, Vancouver and Victoria next week to raise awareness about a new trade deal that threatens vital public services like water, transit, energy and health care. CUPE National President Paul Moist, Council of Canadians National Chairperson Maude Barlow […]
Paul Moist and Maude Barlow to host Abbotsford town hall on CETA
ABBOTSFORD—The Canadian Union of Public Employees and the Council of Canadians are hosting a town hall meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 11 in Abbotsford to raise awareness about a new trade deal that threatens vital public services like water, transit, energy and health care. CUPE National President Paul Moist, Council of Canadians National Chairperson Maude Barlow […]
Water Watch – Abbotsford Water Shortage Claims Fall Short
ABBOTSFORD – Water Watch Mission-Abbotsford is sounding alarm bells over the City’s steamroller campaign to privatize drinking water delivery. The City of Abbotsford launched a costly new campaign at taxpayers’ expense Monday to convince residents to give away their drinking water rights for the next 25 years. The campaign is a lead-up to a November […]
Municipalities show strong support for public water
BURNABY—Municipal leaders in B.C. see the value in keeping water public. A resolution passed at the Union of British Columbia Municipalities conference calls for the federal government to fulfill its commitment to replace and reinvest in public water and waste water infrastructure. British Columbia’s municipal leaders voted, overwhelmingly, in favour of a “Blue Communities” resolution. […]
