Nearly 500 family service workers on strike

Nearly 500 family service workers on strike Proper government funding needed for programs that support vulnerable families. Picketing will occur in Vancouver, North Vancouver, Kamloops, Nelson, Castlegar, Trail, Cranbrook and Vernon on Wednesday and Thursday Nearly 500 family service workers across British Columbia, including more than 150 CUPE members in North Vancouver and Vernon, will […]

Adding injury to insult:

Locked out CUPE worker hit by manager’s car RICHMOND – Locked out CUPE 4964 greenskeeper Mike Chysyk decided at the last minute to change into his steel-toed safety boots to join his co-workers on the picket line today. It’s a good thing he did. Witnesses at the front gate of the Quilchena Golf and Country […]

Celebrate the Year of the Snake

BURNABY–In the Chinese Lunar calendar, the Year of the Snake begins on Sunday, February 10. CUPE members are encouraged to attend a variety of events celebrating the rich cultural history and diversity of B.C.’s Chinese communities in the days to come. Lower Mainland events include the 40th Vancouver Chinatown parade, post-parade lion dances, a spring […]

Lockout at Quilchena Golf and Country Club

RICHMOND—This morning at 7:15 a.m., management at Quilchena Golf and Country Club locked out its employees. The lockout affects 19 CUPE 4964 members who maintain and care for the grounds at the club and comes after only nine days of combined mediation and bargaining. “We are extremely disappointed in the position management has taken throughout […]

CUPE 2045 votes to merge with CUPE 401

PORT HARDY— CUPE 2045 members voted overwhelmingly in favour of merging with CUPE 401 last week. The merger would see more than 250 CUPE 2045 members become three units of CUPE 401. CUPE 401 is a multi-sector local which currently represents almost 1,800 members across Vancouver Island. “CUPE 2045 believes that this merger is the […]