White Rock Residents Excited by Opportunities for Accountable Public Drinking Water
WHITE ROCK – More than 100 local residents crowded First United Church in White Rock the evening of Monday June 3rd to hear about the opportunity for increased public accountability of their drinking water systems. Speakers at the event included Professor Dr. Mildred Warner of Cornell University’s Department of Regional Planning, Ava Waxman of the […]
North Shore Winter Club ordered to stop using replacement workers
NORTH VANCOUVER – The North Shore Winter Club has been illegally using replacement workers during the month-long lockout at the club. The ruling by the BC Labour Relations Boards came down Friday. “We are extremely pleased that management must stop using scabs to do the work of CUPE staff. Their attempt to get away with […]
School support staff layoffs ‘devastating’
NEW WESTMINSTER – Education workers and students are paying the price for ballooning deficits in Coquitlam and New Westminster. The districts have announced layoffs of CUPE support staff that the union says will severely affect the quality and even safety of education and services. A $12.6-million deficient in Coquitlam brought the layoff of 51 CUPE […]
