Municipalities

CUPE 21 members showcase their pride

Jul 8, 2010 12:52 PM Regina outside city workers are advertising their civic pride this summer, with a television ad campaign profiling the range of services they provide.

Western Municipal Conference begins June 10 in Regina

Jun 9, 2010 08:27 AM REGINA: About 140 civic workers from across western Canada will gather in Regina tomorrow for a three-day conference organized by the Canadian Union of Public Employees.

Top Heavy

Oct 16, 2009 05:05 PM The City of Regina has experienced significant growth in recent years, especially in one area: the number of management positions at City Hall.

Report finds disturbing growth in city management

Oct 14, 2009 06:55 AM Regina: The City of Regina recorded significant growth over the last eight years, but a new report released today shows the growth is most pronounced in one area: management positions at City Hall.

Civic union welcomes recommendations: Parks and recreation board chair says “no” to rink closures

Apr 23, 2009 04:26 PM REGINA: The chair of the city’s parks and recreation of advisory board is recommending the city not close any of its indoor neighbourhood ice arenas – a decision greeted as “welcome news” by civic workers who have campaigned to keep the rinks open.

CUPE 21 brief identifies significant budget concerns: City workers seek answers from Council about 2009 proposed budget

Apr 20, 2009 04:30 PM Regina: The union representing outside city workers wants to know why the city council’s 2009 proposed budget doesn’t accurately reflect the city’s extensive use of outside contractors to perform work normally done by civic employees. That’s one of the questions CUPE 21 – which represents about 1,000 permanent and casual employees – will ask city council at tonight’s budget consultation meeting.

Regina’s ‘outside’ city workers ratify new collective agreement

Mar 21, 2007 03:45 PM Settlement reached in less than two months

Arbitration board to hear contracting-out grievance

Oct 16, 2006 05:24 PM An arbitration board will commence hearings tomorrow to determine if the city and the Art Hauser Centre board violated the collective agreement when they contracted out the concession operation at the former Communiplex.

Bargaining Achievements in the Saskatchewan Municipal Sector September 8-9, 2006

Dec 8, 2006 12:13 PM This is the first year that CUPE Research has produced a summary of bargaining achievements in Saskatchewan’s municipal sector. This inaugural report summarizes 21 contract settlements in the municipal sector that were reached between January 2005 and August 31, 2006. The report provides a provincial overview of bargaining and highlights the specific gains that municipal locals have made in premium pay, allowances, benefits, vacations, hours of work, job security, family illness and compassionate leave.

City workers are not happy with stalled contract talks

Jun 5, 2006 01:33 PM Prince Albert - Buttons depicting unhappy faces are being worn around city hall, the outdoor pool and other city-owned facilities today. The buttons belong to city workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 882, who have been without a new collective agreement for more than two years.