CUPE 1936 welcomes 66 new members on North Shore
NORTH VANCOUVER—CUPE Local 1936 (Community Social Services Workers—Greater Vancouver) is pleased to welcome 66 community-based service employees who work for the North Shore Disability Resource Centre Association. In voting for CUPE representation, the new members join 102 current members of the Local’s Unit 14 who work in residential care for three group homes and eleven […]
CUPE BC celebrates National Aboriginal Day
BURNABY—CUPE BC President Paul Faoro, on behalf of Secretary-Treasurer Trevor Davies, the provincial executive board, and the union’s 85,000 members throughout B.C., wishes everyone a happy National Aboriginal Day. “This year’s theme is promoting truth and reconciliation. Thanks to Justice Murray Sinclair and the work of his commission, which was highlighted at our national convention […]
Comox Valley Residents Overwhelmingly Reject P3 for Wastewater
COURTENAY – Residents in Union Bay, Royston and Kilmarnock voted down a proposed Public-Private Partnership (P3) for wastewater treatment in a referendum held last Saturday (June 18) with 75 percent of voters saying no to private for-profit wastewater treatment. “Several factors contributed to residents saying no to the proposed P3, but in the end I […]
Help Defend Public Library Services at Coquitlam Public Libraries
COQUITLAM – CUPE 561 is asking for your help to defend valuable public library services at the Coquitlam Public Library (CPL). They have launched an online email campaign asking City Council and the Library Director to cancel an $800,000 restructuring plan that would increase management positions by 150 percent and likely see service levels decline. […]
VSB Re-Signs Aboriginal Education Enhancement Agreement
BURNABY – The Vancouver Board of Education has re-signed the Aboriginal Education Enhancement Agreement with the Musqueam Nation after 16 years. This agreement supports development of Aboriginal culture within the Vancouver School Board’s curriculum in order to create a sense of belonging for Aboriginal students and to create a foundation upon which they can succeed […]
CUPE BC to Clark—77 percent of British Columbians oppose government subsidy to private schools
BURNABY—As another difficult and challenging school year comes to a close for educators and education workers, CUPE BC has a recommendation for Premier Christy Clark—listen to the majority of British Columbians and take the nearly $400 million per year she gives to private schools and redirect it into the public system. In a recent poll […]
CUPE stands in solidarity with the LGBTTI community and condemns hate in all its forms
CUPE BC joins with National President Mark Hancock and CUPE National to condemn the mass killing in Orlando and stand in solidarity with the LGBTTI community. Following the shocking massacre of 50 people at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, by a lone gunman on June 12, who also injured 53 more people that day, […]
CUPE 561 concerned about developments at Coquitlam Public Library
COQUITLAM – CUPE 561 is raising a red flag about recent actions of the Coquitlam Public Library (CPL) Board to implement a restructuring plan that would see a 150 percent increase in management positions. “Our library is a valuable community resource,” said CUPE 561 Library Sector Shop Steward Allison Hardman. “Instead of spending more than […]
K-12 locals join parents and school districts in budget actions
BURNABY – CUPE locals across B.C. are supporting school trustees, parent advisory groups and other education unions who are standing up against the BC Liberal government’s chronic underfunding of education. The public outcry is getting results, as evidenced by a recent government announcement that they are giving back $25 million “administrative savings” they required school […]
Mental health workshop promotes first responder wellness
Interactive training to include leading practices aimed at supporting psychological health RICHMOND—A mental health workshop to be held here tomorrow will provide ambulance paramedics, emergency dispatchers, and other first responders with the opportunity to discuss some of the latest tools and practices designed to protect and promote psychological health and safety in the high-stress environment […]
