Education

CUPE workers shut down SFU

Nov 7, 2012 10:09 AM CUPE Local 3338 members shut down the Burnaby campus of SFU this morning at one minute after midnight. The striking workers say they will stay until midnight tonight.

Rally for striking SFU and Vancouver Community College workers

Nov 6, 2012 06:45 PM CUPE National President Paul Moist and CUPE BC President Barry O’Neill plan to join striking support workers from SFU and Vancouver Community College for a rally in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday, Nov. 7.

Final CUPE local at UVic signs collective agreement

Nov 2, 2012 10:12 PM CUPE 4163 has reached a tentative collective agreement with the University of Victoria. The deal is a no-concessions, four-year agreement with 0-0-2-2% wage increases. The agreement is retroactive to 2010 and includes no wage increases for the first two years under the provincial government's Net Zero Mandate. That mandate stipulated that public sector workers could get no wage increases for 2010 and 2011.

All-out strike set at SFU

Nov 2, 2012 11:12 AM Striking CUPE Local 3338 support workers have scheduled an all-out, all-campus withdrawal of services for Wednesday, Nov. 7. The union says picket lines will go up at the Burnaby Mountain, Surrey and downtown Vancouver campuses.

SFU strikers get support for escalating job action

Nov 1, 2012 06:45 PM Striking support workers were joined on the picket line by CUPE BC president Barry O’Neill November 1. O’Neill pledged the continued support of CUPE's 80,000 members in B.C. as the strikers announced plans to remain on the picket line.

UVic support workers sign tentative deal

Oct 31, 2012 09:42 PM Two CUPE locals at the University of Victoria signed a tentative agreement today after more than two years at the bargaining table. The 900 members of CUPE 951 represent office, technical and childcare workers, while CUPE 917 represents 600 food services, janitorial, trades, groundskeepers, security, and waste management staff.

Striking CUPE workers to shut down SFU

Oct 31, 2012 03:34 PM CUPE support workers at Simon Fraser University will be holding a one-day strike at the main Burnaby campus tomorrow (Thursday) from 8am-4pm.

Government delay puts pickets up at VCC

Oct 31, 2012 10:41 AM CUPE 4627 members put both Vancouver Community College campuses behind picket lines yesterday. In an unusual move, the employer helped out by closing the facilities and putting up notices that there would be no classes. The faculty association is also on side. Visit the CUPE gallery for photos of CUPE 4627 members on the picket line.

UBC Teaching Assistants launch strike action

Oct 29, 2012 09:45 PM CUPE 2278 members hit the bricks today, picketing outside the Jack Bell building on campus at the University of British Columbia. The CUPE local represents 2,300 teaching assistants, tutors, markers and language assistants at UBC.

CUPE and Royal Roads sign tentative deal

Oct 29, 2012 10:26 AM CUPE support workers at Royal Roads University have reached a new tentative agreement. The no-concessions, four-year deal must still be ratified by the members of CUPE 3886 and by the university administration.