CUPE proud to support DTES Aboriginal Day Festival
VANCOUVER – For the third year in a row, CUPE is proud to support the Downtown Eastside’s Aboriginal Days celebration. The daylong event is on National Aboriginal Day, June 21, and will feature cultural performances, storytelling, a feast, and children’s entertainment. “There is more to the downtown eastside (DTES) then what we see in the […]
CUPE 116 at UBC serves strike notice
VANCOUVER—CUPE Local 116 has served 72-hour strike notice at UBC. The 2,000 member local served notice this morning after contract talks stalled. CUPE 116 president Colleen Garbe blames the provincial government, not the university, for the lack of progress in negotiations. UBC submitted a government-ordered “savings plan” to Victoria in February that was to be […]
Transit Supervisors call for greater roles handling Fare Evasion
VANCOUVER – In the ongoing efforts to reduce fare evasion in the Greater Vancouver bus system, CUPE Local 4500, who represent Transit Supervisors with Coast Mountain Bus Company, have proposed a solution for reducing fare evasion, while improving safety for the general public and bus drivers and generating revenue for Translink. “Our members already work […]
