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The BC Liberal government should not be considering discarding any laws that protect working people, the Canadian Union of Public Employees has told the government committee which is reviewing employment standards.

(VANCOUVER) While welcoming the interim report of the provincial governments Drinking Water Review Panel, the leader of BCs largest public sector union warns that the panels recommendations wont be worth the paper they are written on if the Campbell

(Kentville) Members of CUPE Local 4403 have voted 65% in favour of strike action. The main issue in the dispute is hours of work.

The December 2001 federal budget continues a long line of federal Liberal failures in budgeting for the health care needs of Canadians. Finance Minister Paul Martin decided not to enhance spending for health care even though Canadians are clear that health care is their number one priority even ahead of security issues. The few dollars thrown at health care will not have any appreciable effect on the services that Canadians need and are demanding.

This budget continues the government’s agenda of privatization and the trampling of our border making way for increased trade. In doing so it threatens our economic and social security. Martin has committed 1.2 billion for infrastructure and security at our border. Yet no knew money is committed to the Canada Health and Social Transfer, despite Canadians’ increasing insecurity because of a lack of affordable decent housing, accessible public health care, quality public child care, national pharmacare, uncertain water quality, rampant unemployment, and poverty. Our government has made no new commitment to building strong healthy communities. Our ability to reach our national and individual potential is being severely hampered by our federal government. The fact is no country can develop its potential without meeting the basic needs of its people. The path our government has chosen purposely ignores our needs.

At a time when students are staggering under increasingly impossible debt loads, public universities are becoming desperate for academic and infrastructure funding, and university workers are finding their jobs and workplaces being contracted out and privatized, our government, has again confirmed that they will not supply adequate funding for universities.

There will be $3 billion more for infrastructure after yesterdays budget but less value for money.

Toronto New water legislation that forces municipalities to recover the full cost of water and sewage delivery is setting the stage for the privatization of our public water systems and will mean increased water costs for taxpayers, says the secretar

CUPE members working at the Lethbridge Extendicare have rejected the latest contract offer in their ongoing negotiations.

Submission by the Saskatchewan Library Workers Steering Committee of the Canadian Union of Public Employees.