<strong>Pacific Blue Cross, CUPE Local 1816 ratify new five-year collective agreement</strong>
BURNABY — Pacific Blue Cross and CUPE Local 1816 are pleased to announce the ratification of a new, five-year collective agreement. The parties have been engaged in productive negotiations since discussions began last fall. Those efforts have resulted in a new agreement with a substantial number of updates and improvements in priority areas. The agreement […]
<strong>CUPE 561 and First Transit set to meet on Thursday as job action plans continue</strong>
Without a deal by March 20, Fraser Valley transit will be reduced to essential service levels BURNABY—Following a two-day shutdown of all transit services in the Fraser Valley except for HandyDART, CUPE 561 has reached out to First Transit, and the two parties have agreed to sit down for talks on Thursday (March 2) in […]
<strong>Community Bargaining Association unions ratify new three-year collective agreement</strong>
BURNABY— The member unions of the Community Bargaining Association (CBA) have ratified a new three-year collective agreement with the Health Employers Association of British Columbia (HEABC). The deal, ratified by a vote of more than 94 per cent, is retroactive to April 1, 2022 and effective until March 31, 2025. The CBA made substantial gains […]
<strong>CUPE 1816 and Pacific Blue Cross reach tentative agreement</strong>
BURNABY— After several months of collective bargaining focused on meaningfully addressing the issues of cost of living challenges, the modern work environment, and diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace, CUPE Local 1816 and Pacific Blue Cross have come to terms on a five-year tentative agreement retroactive to August 1, 2022. “It’s been a long […]
<strong>Fraser Valley transit workers need justice now: public rally</strong>
ABBOTSFORD—CUPE 561 members who work for First Transit are fed up with being paid 32 per cent less than other transit operators in the region and need a fair deal that includes a wage lift while addressing poor working conditions and the lack of a pension plan, speakers told a noon-hour public rally today outside […]
<strong>Fraser Valley transit strike to ramp up with service disruptions on Monday</strong>
Noon-hour rally in Abbotsford to highlight First Transit’s failure to bargain fair wages ABBOTSFORD—A strike by Fraser Valley transit operators that began on February 2 with bus drivers refusing to collect fares will ramp up on Monday and Tuesday with the full withdrawal of services except for HandyDART, says CUPE 561, the union representing First […]
<strong>CUPE 873 ambulance paramedics, dispatchers ratify new collective agreement</strong>
RICHMOND—The Ambulance Paramedics and Emergency Dispatchers of BC, represented by CUPE 873, have ratified a new three-year collective agreement with the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC) that addresses foundational changes to wages, benefits, and staffing models across the province. The agreement, reached on January 6, addresses many of the union’s core concerns, said CUPE […]
<strong>CUPE welcomes seven new members from BC Rapid Transit</strong>
In an organizing drive that took less than a week to complete, CUPE has received auto certification for seven employees of BC Rapid Transit Co Ltd. These workers, who now become members of CUPE 7000, work as SkyTrain Planners in Maintenance Support Services. “More and more workers across this province are realizing what unions can […]
<strong>Eby government setting the right priorities for working British Columbians, says CUPE BC</strong>
VICTORIA – With its emphasis on affordable housing, access to public health care and childcare services, and the creation of good-paying jobs in in a cleaner economy, today’s Throne Speech sends a clear message that the BCNDP government of Premier David Eby is focussed on the issues that matter to working British Columbians, said CUPE […]
<strong>Tentative deal reached for Community Social Services</strong>
The Community Social Services Bargaining Association (CSSBA) is pleased to announce that a tentative agreement has been reached with the Community Social Services Employers Association (CSSEA). This includes agreements for workers in the Community Living Services, General Services, and Indigenous Services sub-sectors. The tentative agreement was negotiated with ten unions who represent members in the agreement: BCGEU, CUPE, HEU, HSA, […]
