Roadside rally draws strong public support for CUPE 561 transit workers
MISSION—The intersection of Highways 7 and 11 was the scene of a raucous roadside rally this morning, as several dozen CUPE 561 transit workers and their supporters gathered with placards and banners, drawing honks and shouts of support from rush-hour commuters eager to see an end to the strike that includes a fair deal for […]
CUPE 8911, E-Comm ratify new collective agreement
VANCOUVER— Emergency Communications Professionals of BC, represented by CUPE 8911, have ratified a new three-year collective agreement with E-Comm Emergency Communications for British Columbia (E-Comm) that addresses important improvements to wages, benefits, and working conditions. The agreement, reached on May 3, focuses on the essential work of emergency operators and their crucial role in public […]
CUPE BC Convention 2023
First Transit strike in Eastern Fraser Valley is BC Transit’s failure
CUPE BC president Karen Ranalletta says BC Transit ‘needs to get its head out of the sand’ For most public sector workers in this province, contract negotiations occur between their union and their B.C.-based, public sector agency employer representative. Strikes happen, but they seldom occur under progressive governments. However, when talks do break down over […]
UBC Research Assistants to join CUPE in the largest successful union organizing campaign in recent B.C. history
VANCOUVER— More than 3,200 Graduate Research Assistants (GRAs) who work at the University of British Columbia (UBC) will join B.C.’ s largest union, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). GRAs will join CUPE 2278, the union that already represents Teaching Assistants, English Language Instructors, and Invigilators at UBC. “We’re proud to welcome Graduate Research […]
E-Comm, CUPE 8911 reach tentative agreement
VANCOUVER— E-Comm 9-1-1 (Emergency Communications for British Columbia Inc.) and Emergency Communications Professionals of BC (CUPE Local 8911) reached a tentative agreement late last night for a new three-year collective agreement. “This new deal modernizes our collective agreement with improvements to compensation, benefits, and support for B.C.’s first first responders who make sure there is […]
2023 Convention wraps up in Victoria
VICTORIA – CUPE BC convention delegates are heading home with renewed commitments to fight for members and the crucial public services they provide, and to make the province’s workplaces safer. The importance of public transit to B.C. communities was also a key theme throughout the four-day convention, particularly in light of over 200 striking CUPE […]
Let’s build a better B.C. for everyone: Premier David Eby
VICTORIA – Delegates gave a warm and loud welcome to Premier David Eby. The Premier began his first address to a CUPE BC convention as premier and leader of the BC NDP leader with a heart-felt thank-you to CUPE members for their work during the pandemic. “You helped keep our schools, our libraries, our universities […]
Workers are demanding better: Bruske
VICTORIA – Unions will be leaders in tackling the affordability crisis. That was the message from the head of Canada’s house of labour, Canadian Labour Congress President Bea Bruske, in her address to the CUPE BC convention Friday afternoon. “Workers are demanding better; they are not satisfied with the status quo. And they are turning […]
CUPE BC marks Workers’ Day of Mourning in Victoria
VICTORIA – The CUPE BC Convention today honoured the memory of workers who have been killed or injured or experienced disease and illness as a direct result of their work. Convention delegates joined Victoria-area CUPE locals, other unions, members of the B.C. Legislative Assembly, and community members in Victoria to mark the Workers’ Day of […]
