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Voices for public sewage treatment in Victoria

Mar 16, 2010 04:14 PM VICTORIA—At meetings on February 25 and March 10, the house was full as Capital Regional District residents shared their views on sewage treatment procurement. Members of the Core Area Liquid Waste Management Committee heard passionate and reasoned arguments about why privatization is wrong for Greater Victoria’s new sewage treatment from a broad cross section of people in the region.

Union Education Workshops in the British Columbia Region

Mar 16, 2010 08:30 AM

Public Services International activist visits B.C.

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES— After meeting with staff, the PSI activist (third from left) posed with CUPE National staff rep Bill Pegler, CUPE BC president Barry O’Neill, CUPE BC regional vice president (and International Solidarity committee chair) Doug Sprenger, Community  Organizer Susan Zander, CUPE BC executive assistant Sharon Prescott, and International Solidarity committee staff advisor Paul Tetrault.

Mar 15, 2010 06:46 PM BURNABY—Indah Budiarti, the organizing and communications coordinator for the Southeast Asian region for Public Services International (PSI), visited B.C. regional office on March 12 to meet with staff and share perspectives in the global fight against privatization.

CUPE Metro brings service providers and women together at IWD lunch

CUPE’s Metro Council in Vancouver sponsored a lunch event in the Downtown Eastside on International Women’s Day

Mar 12, 2010 04:57 PM VANCOUVER – Service providers and women from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside marked International Women’s Day on Monday this week at a lunch sponsored by CUPE Metro Vancouver District Council. The lunch was emcee’d by Sheryl Burns, vice-president of CUPE 1936, who welcomed the more than 150 women.

The community comes out for public sewage in Victoria

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Mar 11, 2010 03:25 PM VICTORIA-The house was full at the second public meeting for citizens in the Capital Regional District to share their views on sewage treatment procurement. On March 10, the Core Area Liquid Waste Management Committee heard from a cross section of residents sending a powerful message that they do not want sewage treatment handed to private corporations through a public private partnership (P3).

Minister rejects offer from paramedics

Mar 10, 2010 08:36 PM VICTORIA – Health Services Minister Kevin Falcon was quick to reject union efforts to secure a contract for the province’s 3,500 ambulance paramedics. Falcon did admit that the ambulance service is broken and needs fixing, which the union has been saying for the past four years.

CUPE 118 scores in Port Alberni!

CUPE 118 members Crystal Dorin and Ryan Foster hand out airplane toss entries for the first intermission activity.

Mar 10, 2010 03:30 PM PORT ALBERNI – CUPE 118, municipal workers in Port Alberni, sponsored the first playoff hockey game of the Alberni Valley Bulldogs last night as part of their action to build community support for public services.

Victoria vulnerable to trade restrictions with sewage P3

Mar 9, 2010 02:03 PM Public private partnerships will make municipal infrastructure projects more vulnerable to the restrictions of the Canada-United States Procurement Agreement.

Bread and roses at IWD breakfast

CUPE women at the IWD breakfast.

Mar 8, 2010 02:50 PM BURNABY – Union women celebrated International Women’s Day with a breakfast that included bread and roses, as well as inspiring and moving words from Adrienne Montani of First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition and BC NDP Leader Carole James.

Celebrating International Women’s Day

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Mar 4, 2010 02:07 PM BURNABY —As International Women’s Day approaches, we reflect on the past year and highlight opportunities to celebrate this important day.

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