CUPE clerical workers at UBC sign tentative deal
VANCOUVER – CUPE Local 2950, representing 1,500 clerical, library and hospital staff at the University of British Columbia, has signed a tentative collective agreement. The deal reached early this afternoon is for 0-0-2-2% wage increases over four years ending in 2014. Highlights of the deal: • No concessions• No wage increases for the first two years […]
CUPE 116 sees red at UBC
VANCOUVER—CUPE universities job action continues this week with overtime bans and picket lines at UBC. CUPE 116 at the University of British Columbia set up picket lines early Tuesday morning shutting down the General Services Administration Building (GSAB) and Mary Bollert Hall. The GSAB is home to UBC’s financial services, parking and access control services, […]
Two weeks scheduled for health science professionals bargaining
VANCOUVER—In the wake of tentative agreements reached in the master provincial government workers’ (BCGEU) and nurses’ bargaining (NBA), the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association (HSPBA) and Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) return to the bargaining table this week. The bargaining association is optimistic that the tentative agreements achieved at those two tables signals a […]
BC Assessment workers vote for job action
Wages falling behind competitive public and private positions, says CUPE 1767 RICHMOND—CUPE 1767, representing 610 workers for BC Assessment, have voted 81 per cent in favour of job action. The strike vote, announced at the union’s AGM on September 29, was taken following several months of sporadic bargaining sessions in which no progress was made […]
CUPE university workers walk the walk
BURNABY—CUPE university support workers across BC had a clear message for their employers today – let’s make a deal. The 12,000 workers took job action after more than two years of contract talks without any settlements. Workers at BC’s five largest universities walked off the job today in actions ranging from overtime bans to […]
BC Universities Behind Picket Lines
VICTORIA—BC’s five largest universities will be behind picket lines today. More than 12,000 CUPE support workers at all five campuses are launching job action aimed at getting their employers back to the bargaining table. CUPE locals from the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops and the University of Northern […]
Vancouver CUPE locals support literacy
VANCOUVER—CUPE 391 members were on hand at this year’s Word on the Street festival this past Sunday (Sept.30) to promote literacy and the important public services that library workers provide their communities. CUPE Locals 15, 389, 391, 1004 and CUPE Metro all sponsored the festival along with CUPE BC and CUPE National. “Word on the […]
Members of the Community Health Services and Support sector vote in favour of job action
VANCOUVER—Members of the Community Bargaining Association (CBA) voted 86 per cent in favour of job action after more than six months of negotiations. “We are very pleased that our members have given us a strong strike mandate, and we will be asking the HEABC (Health Employers’ Association of British Columbia) to return to the bargaining […]
Job action looms at BC universities
VANCOUVER—Four more CUPE university locals have served 72-hour strike notice. Once in place, CUPE members at five universities in BC will be in a legal position to strike. Canadian Union of Public Employees locals at Simon Fraser University, the University of Northern BC, Thompson Rivers University and the University of British Columbia served notice today […]
UBCM Votes for Democracy in Cowichan School District
VICTORIA—The Union of BC Municipalities has voted for a democratic by-election in the Cowichan Valley. UBCM delegates passed a resolution late Friday calling for a vote to be held to elect school trustees in the district. The nine-member board of trustees in School District 79 was fired by the provincial government after it filed a […]
