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Glen Haven Manor long-term care workers, represented by CUPE 2330, have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strike mandate, with 100% of ballots casted voting in favour. Like their fellow CUPE 2330 bargaining units—Maritime Odd Fellows and Valley View Villa—, they are calling for improved wages and recruitment and retention initiatives.

Over 1,200 workers for the Capital Regional District, CRD, in Victoria, B.C., have ratified a new collective agreement. Members of CUPE 1978 voted in favour of ratifying the agreement reached on February 24, after 12 months of bargaining.

Long-term care workers from Valley View Villa in Nova Scotia, represented by CUPE 2330, have held strike votes, with 100% of those who voted casting ballots in favour of a strike mandate. These workers join thousands of other CUPE long-term care workers who have voted overwhelmingly to strike in the past few months.

CUPE Quebec congratulates the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) on winning the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film on Sunday. Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski were in Los Angeles to accept the Oscar for The Girl Who Cried Pearls.

Health Canada is reviewing the deaths of two paid plasma donors related to Grifols plasma collection centres in Winnipeg. These come after a third donor filed a lawsuit alleging he suffered permanent kidney damage after giving plasma at one of those collection centres. Grifols facilities in Calgary and Regina have recently also failed inspections by Health Canada, including by not accurately assessing donors’ suitability.

Workers from Harbourstone Enhanced Care, represented by CUPE 1183, have voted 87% in favour of a strike mandate, making them the 39th CUPE long-term care home to take this action.

Manitoba’s largest labour union has released new polling that shows the City of Winnipeg needs to rethink its approach to procurement.