CUPE Health Care Presidents Council continues to recommend rejection of HSPBA tentative agreement

Despite last-minute amendments to the tentative agreement between the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association (HSPBA) and the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC), CUPE’s Health Care Presidents Council continues to recommend members reject the agreement when voting takes place next week. The Professional Employees Union also continues to recommend that its members reject the tentative […]

Mediation fails in North Shore Winter Club dispute

NORTH VANCOUVER – After 7 months on the picket line CUPE 389 says that the North Shore Winter Club (NSWC) has no desire to end the longest ongoing labour dispute in the province. Mediation talks took place Monday Dec 2 but CUPE National Representative John Strohmaier said that the NSWC came back to negotiations with […]

Five-year tentative agreement reached in community health services

The Community Bargaining Association (CBA) has reached a tentative agreement for the 15,000 union members working in the community health sector across the province. The CBA entered into early talks with the Health Employers’ Association of BC (HEABC) as part of a multi-sector bargaining strategy with bargaining associations representing workers in community social services and […]

Five-year tentative agreement reached in community social services

The Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) has reached a tentative agreement for the 11,000 union members working in community-based social services across the province. The CSSBA entered into early talks with the Community Social Services Employers’ Association (CSSEA) as part of a multi-sector bargaining strategy with bargaining associations representing workers in community health and […]

CUPE BC marks International Day of Persons with Disabilities

BURNABY—The Canadian Union of Public Employees BC is proud to mark the 21st annual International Day of Persons with Disabilities.  “From the duty to accommodate to provincial advocacy, CUPE BC is committed to fighting for the rights of persons with disabilities,” said Mark Hancock, CUPE BC president. December 3 has been promoted by the United […]

CUPE Local 523 averts strike, no further job action in Okanagan schools

OKANAGAN-Education workers in the Okanagan will not be going on strike. CUPE Local 523 and the employers of School District 53 (Okanagan Similkameen), School District 67(Okanagan Skaha), and School District 83(North Okanagan Shuswap) reached a tentative agreement last night. “It was a tough round of bargaining, but ultimately both sides put their heads together to […]