CUPE 1091 awarded CALM best website redesign
DELTA—CUPE 1091, representing Delta School District support workers, won the award for Best Website Redesign Produced by Volunteers at the annual Canadian Association of Labour Media (CALM) conference held this year in Toronto. CUPE 1091 member Alexis MacPherson is Delta’s media technology coordinator for the Provincial Outreach Program for Autism and Related Disorders. In addition […]
Kelowna jail guards vote in favour of strike action
KELOWNA – CUPE local 338 members who work at the Kelowna RCMP Detachment have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action at a vote held last week after little progress was made during initial bargaining sessions. Thirteen of the 17 jail guards were in attendance and 100 percent voted in favour of authorizing the union […]
We voted for change—now what will it look like?
For once the pollsters were right—they all called for a close election finish, and that’s what the voters delivered. The experience of the 2013 provincial election must have made pollsters feel like a meteorologist who’s called for a sunny long weekend that’s then followed by rain. Well in this election, pollsters predicted a near-tie in […]
Custodian survey: preliminary results show B.C. schools ‘in a mess’
BURNABY – Preliminary results from a survey of CUPE custodians throughout B.C. indicate that a startling number of janitors—55.4 per cent—are not able to maintain schools to meet their own expectations for a clean, safe and healthy school environment. CUPE issued the comprehensive survey in March after increasing reports of an alarming number of conditions […]
CUPE BC continues strong advocacy for public library services through BCLA participation
VANCOUVER – CUPE BC, CUPE BC’s library committee and many CUPE library workers from around the province participated yet again in this year’s BC Library Association’s (BCLA) annual conference. “It is really exciting to see CUPE’s participation growing at this important conference,” said Karen Ranalletta, CUPE BC General Vice-President and chair of the CUPE BC […]
Pacific Blue Cross workers file 72-hour strike notice
BURNABY—CUPE Local 1816, representing more than 600 employees of the benefits provider Pacific Blue Cross (PBC), filed 72-hour strike notice today, putting the union in a possible strike position on Thursday (May 4). The parties met on Sunday to try and reach a fair collective agreement, but there remain significant differences regarding retiree benefits and […]
