Rotating Strike Action in Community Health
VANCOUVER— CUPE 15 members who work at the Vancouver Costal Health Authority and the Robert and Lily Lee Family Community Health Centre, took action today (Nov.28) to show their employer and the BC government that health workers are serious about getting back to the table to negotiate a fair and reasonable agreement. More than 14,000 […]
Battered Women’s Support Services local to join aboriginal social workers strike
VANCOUVER—Members of CUPE 1936 who work for Battered Women’s Support Services will be joining Aboriginal Service workers in solidarity tomorrow (December 4) for a strike action at the eastside office of Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society (VACFSS). Aboriginal Service workers and social workers from VACFSS, who are members of the BCGEU, are taking […]
CUPE colleges construct framework deal
VANCOUVER—Three days of intense bargaining has produced a provincial framework deal for CUPE college support workers. The template for agreement was reached late Sunday night by the College and Institutes Support Staff Bargaining Association (CISSBA) and the government’s BC Post Secondary Employers’ Association. The framework is for a no concessions, four-year deal with no wage […]
Rotating strikes planned for Thursday, Friday as health science professionals pressure for a new union contract
VANCOUVER-As health science professionals return to the bargaining table today, plans to begin rotating strikes have been delayed one day to demonstrate good faith in the bargaining process. Talks between the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association and Health Employers Association of BC are scheduled to continue through the week. With the change, the rotating strikes […]
CUPE 3004 ratifies new collective agreement
ELKFORD—The District of Elkford and its municipal workers, CUPE 3004 members, have reached a new four-year collective agreement. “We are pleased to announce that the both the union and the employer have ratified the new contract for Elkford’s municipal workers,” says Keith Nielson, CUPE National Representative. “It was a challenging round of negotiations, and we […]
SFU rejects chance to settle with striking support workers
CUPE 3338 members pack the plaza at SFU today (see photos) to push for meaningful negotiations. BURNABY – A CUPE-initiated mediation aimed at getting a collective agreement for SFU’s 1,000 CUPE support workers fell apart in less than an hour today. The meeting with mediator Vince Ready ended when SFU again refused to bargain in […]
College support workers launch three days of job actions
VICTORIA – CUPE college support workers are launching three days of job actions tomorrow aimed at getting the government to sign a collective agreement. The actions by CUPE’s 3,000 college workers will range from shutting down specific departments to demonstrations outside local MLA’s offices. CUPE BC’s Colleges Coordinator Ian McLean says the actions are designed […]
New bargaining dates set for community health sector
VANCOUVER— The Community Bargaining Association (CBA) has agreed to reconvene bargaining on December 10 in Vancouver. There will be no job action that week. If an agreement is not reached rotating strike action will continue the week of December 17. “We hope the employer brings a concrete offer to the table with a fair wage […]
Invermere Library Workers Join CUPE
INVERMERE—Library workers at the Invermere Public Library have voted unanimously in favour of joining CUPE. Nicole Pawlak, a community librarian at the Invermere Public Library, says that the five library workers are looking forward to moving ahead with this new chapter. “Library workers are front-line employees who carry out the day-to-day operations at the library,” […]
Health science professionals issue strike notice after employers pull a no-show at scheduled bargaining
VANCOUVER– Bargaining for a new contract for BC’s health science professionals was to resume yesterday for the first time since health science professionals delivered a 90 percent strike vote to support the bargaining committee’s proposals for a fair and reasonable collective agreement. Bargaining had broken off October 31. The employers’ bargaining agent, Health Employers’ Association […]
