Qualicum Beach rally for locked out workers
QUALICUM BEACH – On Friday, July 31, the eve of the British Columbia Day holiday weekend, the town of Qualicum Beach plans to lock out its 66 municipal workers for the first time ever. Despite a long history of labour peace, the current mayor and council have refused to give their public employees the same […]
Qualicum Beach workers set to launch first-ever strike
QUALICUM BEACH – CUPE municipal workers in Qualicum Beach have served 72 -hour strike notice. The strike will begin at 10:26 am on Sunday, July 26 in the form of an overtime ban. The move by the 46 members of CUPE Local 401 came after mediated talks with the town of Qualicum Beach broke down […]
CUPE 50 welcomes new members
VICTORIA—CUPE Local 50 welcomed 19 support workers from the RCMP detachment in Langford as new members this week. During a Local meeting, CUPE 50 President John Burrows introduced the executive, offered the members background information and shared the Local’s proud history of representing workers in the Victoria region for almost 100 years. The new members […]
Respect spells new contract for Powell River library workers
POWELL RIVER – Public library workers have a new contract. CUPE Local 798 and the Powell River Public Library Board have both now ratified a new five-year collective agreement. The no-concessions deal, retroactive to January 1, 2013, includes a wage increase of 5% for this year, 2% next year and 1.75% in 2017. The contract […]
BC Transit and CUPE 4500 reach labour agreement
CORPORATE – BC Transit and the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 4500 (CUPE 4500) have ratified a new labour agreement under the Province of British Columbia’s Economic Stability Mandate. The term of the agreement is five and one half years, to December 31, 2020. It covers 19 full-time employees based in Victoria covering three […]
CUPE 4951 ratifies new contract at College of New Caledonia
PRINCE GEORGE–CUPE Local 4951 ratified a collective agreement with the College of New Caledonia in a vote concluded on June 29. “I’m pleased that members voted to ratify this agreement and will have access to professional development funds,” said CUPE 4951 President Lily Bachand. “This round of bargaining highlighted the excellent work done by our […]
White Rock airs private plans for garbage collection
WHITE ROCK – City Council’s soliciting for private solid waste collection has local CUPE municipal workers and residents concerned. Among the options being touted by Council are moving the collection for single-family dwellings from the current public service to private for-profit collection. What was thought by many to be a public forum on the issue scheduled […]
CUPE 411 builds on community relationships at car show
CHILLIWACK – Despite the heat wave, CUPE 411 had lots of visitors at their tent for the Chilliwack Classic Car Show on Sunday, June 28. This is the second year that the local, representing K-12 education support workers in Chilliwack, participated in the popular community event. CUPE 411 President Rod Isaac said that the local […]
College sector completes bargaining
BURNABY – The ratification vote by CUPE Local 1858 (Vancouver Island University) in Nanaimo on Monday, June 29 marked the completion of bargaining for all CUPE college sector locals that are part of the CUPE Colleges Bargaining Council (CCBC). All agreements followed the provincial mandate of 5.5 per cent over five years. CUPE college sector […]
Comox Valley municipal workers make the case for more protein at local food bank
COURTENAY – Local 556 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees delivered 70 cases of tinned wild salmon to the Comox Valley Food Bank today. Unions and community groups have been working together to address the growing number of people in BC who must rely on food banks. Protein for People is a community partnership program […]
