New deal for CUPE 116 workers at UBC
VANCOUVER—CUPE Local 116 and UBC have reached a tentative collective agreement. The four-year deal with 0-0-2-2% wage increases was reached late Sunday night after a marathon bargaining session that started on Friday morning with CUPE 116, the university and mediator Vince Ready. The agreement follows two weeks of escalating rotating job action by the 2,000 […]
Ten Percent Shift tour of the Kootenays spreads the “Local First” message to hundreds
BURNABY—CUPE BC President Barry O’Neill took the Ten Percent Shift campaign on the road in the Kootenays this past week. The tour held nine events in seven communities in six days, attracting hundreds of Kootenay residents to hear how making a ten percent shift in consumer spending to local first can bring enormous benefits to […]