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Budget 2024 tackles economic uncertainty with investments in public services and affordability – CUPE BC

Budget 2024 tackles economic uncertainty with investments in public services and affordability – CUPE BC

February 22, 2024
VICTORIA— Budget 2024 continues the BC NDP’s record of making meaningful investments in the public services that matter to people and communities, and creating and expanding programs that make life…
VICTORIA— Budget 2024 continues the BC NDP’s record of making meaningful investments in the public services that matter to people and communities, and creating and expanding programs that make life...

District of Chetwynd workers ratify new contract

District of Chetwynd workers ratify new contract

February 15, 2024
CHETWYND – After a collaborative round of negotiations CUPE 3052 members, municipal workers in the District of Chetwynd, have overwhelmingly ratified a new four-year contract. The new agreement includes wage…
CHETWYND – After a collaborative round of negotiations CUPE 3052 members, municipal workers in the District of Chetwynd, have overwhelmingly ratified a new four-year contract. The new agreement includes wage...

CUPE 1978 ratifies new agreement with Greater Victoria Housing Society

CUPE 1978 ratifies new agreement with Greater Victoria Housing Society

February 13, 2024
VICTORIA – CUPE 1978 members at the Greater Victoria Housing Society have ratified a new five-year agreement that provides improved working conditions for CUPE members, as well as enhanced supportive housing…
VICTORIA – CUPE 1978 members at the Greater Victoria Housing Society have ratified a new five-year agreement that provides improved working conditions for CUPE members, as well as enhanced supportive housing...

West Shore Parks and Recreation Society workers ratify new contract

West Shore Parks and Recreation Society workers ratify new contract

February 7, 2024
VICTORIA – CUPE Local 1978 and the West Shore Parks and Recreation Society have ratified a new two-year collective agreement. “Thanks to the hard work of our bargaining committee members,…
VICTORIA – CUPE Local 1978 and the West Shore Parks and Recreation Society have ratified a new two-year collective agreement. “Thanks to the hard work of our bargaining committee members,...

CUPE 4500 ratifies collective agreement

CUPE 4500 ratifies collective agreement

February 6, 2024
Over 180 transit supervisors represented by CUPE 4500 ratified their mediated settlement with Coast Mountain Bus Company this week, ending their month-long strike. “The CUPE 4500 bargaining committee wants to…
Over 180 transit supervisors represented by CUPE 4500 ratified their mediated settlement with Coast Mountain Bus Company this week, ending their month-long strike. “The CUPE 4500 bargaining committee wants to...

CUPE 718 welcomes Richmond Olympic Oval workers

CUPE 718 welcomes Richmond Olympic Oval workers

February 2, 2024
RICHMOND – A group of Richmond Olympic Oval workers previously represented by PPWC will join CUPE, Canada’s largest public sector union, following a hearing at the Labour Relations Board on January…
RICHMOND – A group of Richmond Olympic Oval workers previously represented by PPWC will join CUPE, Canada’s largest public sector union, following a hearing at the Labour Relations Board on January...

CUPE 4500 accepts special mediator recommendations; urges Coast Mountain to follow

CUPE 4500 accepts special mediator recommendations; urges Coast Mountain to follow

February 1, 2024
BURNABY – CUPE 4500, the union representing over 180 striking transit supervisors in the Lower Mainland, is accepting the special mediator’s recommendations aimed at ending the union’s strike against Coast Mountain…
BURNABY – CUPE 4500, the union representing over 180 striking transit supervisors in the Lower Mainland, is accepting the special mediator’s recommendations aimed at ending the union’s strike against Coast Mountain...

CUPE 4500 welcomes appointment of special mediator; announces next strike escalation

CUPE 4500 welcomes appointment of special mediator; announces next strike escalation

January 24, 2024
BURNABY – CUPE 4500 is welcoming the appointment of Mr. Vince Ready as special mediator to help the union and Coast Mountain Bus Company/TransLink reach a settlement. The union, however, says…
BURNABY – CUPE 4500 is welcoming the appointment of Mr. Vince Ready as special mediator to help the union and Coast Mountain Bus Company/TransLink reach a settlement. The union, however, says...

University of Victoria Graduate Research Assistants launch campaign to unionize with CUPE

University of Victoria Graduate Research Assistants launch campaign to unionize with CUPE

January 23, 2024
VICTORIA – Graduate Research Assistants officially launched the public phase of their campaign to form a union today with a clear message: working conditions need to change at the University…
VICTORIA – Graduate Research Assistants officially launched the public phase of their campaign to form a union today with a clear message: working conditions need to change at the University...