CUPE Metro celebrates International Women’s Day
BURNABY—CUPE Metro invited women from Burnaby and New Westminster to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 5 at Bonsor Recreation Centre. Elder Joy Dockrey from the Cree Nation, whose traditional name is Small Black Thunderbird, opened the event with a prayer. She welcomed and thanked all “beautiful life givers” and shared a Cheyenne proverb: “A […]
Peer harm reduction workers vote to unionize
VANCOUVER- Harm reduction workers – with lived experience in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) – are voting today on joining CUPE 1004 in a BC Labour Relations Board vote. Following the vote, the ballot box will be sealed because the employer, PHS Community Services Society (PHS), is challenging union certification for peer employees. “I have worked […]
