British Columbia

Tentative deal finally reached at Simon Fraser University

Jun 11, 2013 05:51 PM Striking CUPE support workers have reached a tentative agreement with SFU. The settlement comes after more than three years without a contract for the 1,000 members of CUPE Local 3338.

Transit workers reach settlement in Victoria

Jun 11, 2013 12:36 PM CUPE 4500 has reached a settlement between CUPE transit supervisors, Transit Communications Centre (T-Comm) workers and the provincial government.

White Rock residents excited by opportunities for accountable public drinking water

Jun 4, 2013 06:51 PM More than 100 local residents crowded First United Church in White Rock, B.C., the evening of June 3 to hear about the opportunity for increased public accountability of their drinking water systems.

North Shore Winter Club ordered to stop using replacement workers

Jun 4, 2013 12:58 PM The North Shore Winter Club has been illegally using replacement workers during the month-long lockout at the club. The ruling by the BC Labour Relations Boards came down Friday.

B.C. school support staff layoffs "devastating"

Jun 3, 2013 12:52 PM Education workers and students are paying the price for ballooning deficits in Coquitlam and New Westminster. The districts have announced layoffs of CUPE support staff that the union says will severely affect the quality and even safety of education and services.

First Nations bargaining delegates deliver strong message of unity

May 27, 2013 03:48 PM Delegates gathered at the Fishermen’s Hall in Prince Rupert for HEU's premier provincial First Nations Bargaining Conference May 22 to 23. It was the first time representatives from each nation – Nisga’a, Gitxsan (Gitanyow, Gitwangak), Skidegate (Haida Gwaii), Stz’uminus – came together to share bargaining strategies.

K-12 CUPE presidents talk the walk

May 24, 2013 01:56 PM CUPE local presidents, representing 27,000 K-12 workers across BC, met on May 23 to discuss bargaining and possible strike action.

B.C.’s paramedics going for gold at world rescue competition

May 16, 2013 05:34 PM A team of CUPE 873 ambulance paramedics will once again put their lifesaving skills to the test at this year’s Rallye Rejviz International Medical Rescue Competition, to be held in the Jesinek Region of the Czech Republic from May 22-26.

SFU wage offer 'insulting'

May 14, 2013 02:22 PM Hopes for long overdue progress at the bargaining table at SFU were dashed yesterday when the university offered its CUPE workers wage increases 75% less than their counterparts at other BC universities have already received. The support workers have been without a contract for more than three years.

Quilchena lockout ends after nearly 100 days

May 10, 2013 04:44 PM Nineteen CUPE 4964 employees who work at the Quilchena Golf and Country Club will be returning to work tomorrow after being locked out by their employer for nearly 100 days.