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Gabriola Island Fire Fighters Join Canadaโ€™s Largest Union

Gabriola Island Fire Fighters Join Canadaโ€™s Largest Union

March 18, 2025
GABRIOLA ISLAND โ€“ Fire fighters at the Gabriola Volunteer Fire Department (GVFD) have joined Canadaโ€™s largest union in pursuit of fair wages, improved working conditions and increased safety. The certification,…
GABRIOLA ISLAND โ€“ Fire fighters at the Gabriola Volunteer Fire Department (GVFD) have joined Canadaโ€™s largest union in pursuit of fair wages, improved working conditions and increased safety. The certification,...

CUPE BC โ€“ Investment in Public Services is Critical During Economic Uncertainty

CUPE BC โ€“ Investment in Public Services is Critical During Economic Uncertainty

March 4, 2025
VICTORIA โ€” Budget 2025 includes necessary capital investments for infrastructure projects in K-12, health, post-secondary, and transportation, helping to keep public services stable in the years ahead. Where previous budgets…
VICTORIA โ€” Budget 2025 includes necessary capital investments for infrastructure projects in K-12, health, post-secondary, and transportation, helping to keep public services stable in the years ahead. Where previous budgets...

Bulletin – Standing in solidarity with Alberta CUPE education workers

Bulletin – Standing in solidarity with Alberta CUPE education workers

February 25, 2025
Over 4000 education workers in the Alberta K-12 public school system are on strike. These CUPE members are fighting back against years of provincial governments mandated wages that have left…
Over 4000 education workers in the Alberta K-12 public school system are on strike. These CUPE members are fighting back against years of provincial governments mandated wages that have left...

Kamloops School District plans fail to address education worker shortage

Kamloops School District plans fail to address education worker shortage

January 17, 2025
KAMLOOPS โ€” School support workers are raising an alarm over School District 73โ€™s plans to use undertrained and underqualified replacements for education assistants in Kamloops schools. The union representing over…
KAMLOOPS โ€” School support workers are raising an alarm over School District 73โ€™s plans to use undertrained and underqualified replacements for education assistants in Kamloops schools. The union representing over...

CUPE 8911: We eagerly await the opportunity to participate in E-Comm 9-1-1 review

CUPE 8911: We eagerly await the opportunity to participate in E-Comm 9-1-1 review

December 5, 2024
VANCOUVERโ€” CUPE 8911 applauds the B.C. governmentโ€™s move to launch a comprehensive review of E-Comm, the corporation that provides emergency communication services across B.C. As the union representing more than…
VANCOUVERโ€” CUPE 8911 applauds the B.C. governmentโ€™s move to launch a comprehensive review of E-Comm, the corporation that provides emergency communication services across B.C. As the union representing more than...

CUPE BC congratulates Premier David Eby and the BC NDP on their re-electionย 

CUPE BC congratulates Premier David Eby and the BC NDP on their re-electionย 

October 29, 2024
After reaching a narrow majority through the tally of final votes, B.C. Premier David Eby has been asked to form the next government. On behalf of CUPE BCโ€™s executive board…
After reaching a narrow majority through the tally of final votes, B.C. Premier David Eby has been asked to form the next government. On behalf of CUPE BCโ€™s executive board...

Letter – CUPE BC and BCTF Presidents Unite in a Call to Vote for Public Education

Letter – CUPE BC and BCTF Presidents Unite in a Call to Vote for Public Education

October 17, 2024
Dear BCTF/CUPE members,Today, we write to express our deepest gratitude for your unwavering support of students in public schools across the province. We are so proud to serve as your…
Dear BCTF/CUPE members, Today, we write to express our deepest gratitude for your unwavering support of students in public schools across the province. We are so proud to serve as...

Bulletin – CUPE BC Welcomes BC NDPโ€™s Commitment to Affordable, Seamless Childcare and Enhanced Classroom Support

Bulletin – CUPE BC Welcomes BC NDPโ€™s Commitment to Affordable, Seamless Childcare and Enhanced Classroom Support

October 3, 2024
CUPE BC is pleased to express its strong support for the BC NDPโ€™s platform announcement, which includes a key commitment to deliver affordable before- and after-school care in every school…
CUPE BC is pleased to express its strong support for the BC NDPโ€™s platform announcement, which includes a key commitment to deliver affordable before- and after-school care in every school...

CUPE Local 8911: Governance and financial review of E-Comm 9-1-1 system a welcome next step

CUPE Local 8911: Governance and financial review of E-Comm 9-1-1 system a welcome next step

September 20, 2024
VANCOUVER โ€” Emergency Communications Professionals of BC, the union that represents over seven hundred 9-1-1 operators, dispatchers, and support staff at E-Comm 9-1-1, welcomes the announcement of a governance and…
VANCOUVER โ€” Emergency Communications Professionals of BC, the union that represents over seven hundred 9-1-1 operators, dispatchers, and support staff at E-Comm 9-1-1, welcomes the announcement of a governance and...