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In his report to delegates, CUPE
National President Paul Moist rattled off
a long list of successes that highlight
the impact of our collective action since
last convention.
Among CUPE’s “defining moments,”
he recalled the spring 2004 provincial
strikes when HEU/CUPE members in
B.C. and members in Newfoundland
and Labrador hit the streets.
Moist applauded Cape Breton school board workers, whose 21-day strike
last April ended with CUPE’s Nova Scotia members all bargaining at the same
table—a first. He also praised the efforts of striking Calgary Casino workers
and Regina civic workers.
In Quebec, he said, CUPE members stopped a P3 deal for Montreal public
transit and defended the publicly owned Hydro Québec, while in Ontario
members are fighting for joint trusteeship of the OMERS pension plan.
“The quality of life in our country is defined by the work that each of you
do every day,” Moist said. “Be proud of that fact.”