CUPE 798 helps bring out the ‘Santa’ in everyone
Food bank fundraiser nets $900, truckload of food POWELL RIVER—With donations slowing down mid-summer, the Action Centre Food Bank needed a boost—and that’s what it got on Saturday (July 21), thanks to the “Christmas in July” fundraiser co-organized by CUPE’s municipal, regional and library workers. The event raised more than $900 and hauled in […]
UVic unions gear up for job action
VICTORIA – Support workers at the University of Victoria are preparing for possible job action. Representatives of CUPE locals 917 and 951 say the lack of progress in contract talks is narrowing their options for a negotiated settlement and pushing them towards a strike. They add that any job action will take into consideration the […]
