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 […]
Air Transat flight attendants get a tentative agreement
MONTREAL—Yesterday the Air Transat flight attendants’ union reached a tentative agreement with the employer to renew the collective agreement of its approximately 1,750 members.
Human rights champion to be honoured at CoDev dinner
VANCOUVER—It could be said that Sandra Moran has lived two lives in her native Guatemala. The first ended during the late-1980s, when she became the target of death squads for her human rights activism and was forced into exile in Mexico, Nicaragua, and Vancouver. The second began on her return to Guatemala in the […]
CUPE 409 to School Board: Reverse your decision on cuts
NEW WESTMINSTER – Support staff workers in K-12 packed council chambers last night at a regular school board meeting to talk about the impact of unexpected cuts on students and schools. Among the cuts announced recently, clerical workers are having their hours rolled back from 35 to 27 hours in large schools with more than […]
