BC Premier eager to
BC Premier eager to work together with UBCM members to build strong communities
September 29, 2017 16:17 ET | Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) - BC
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Sept. 29, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BC Premier John Horgan pledged to work together with local governments to tackle the province’s tough challenges during his address to...
Budget 2017 Update s
Budget 2017 Update shows new government taking quick action to make life more affordable, restore fairness—CUPE BC
September 11, 2017 17:54 ET | Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) - BC
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Sept. 11, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The first budget update from the new BC NDP government shows for the first time in 16 years that government can be a force for...
CUPE 1816 ratifies a
CUPE 1816 ratifies agreement with Pacific Blue Cross
September 11, 2017 13:26 ET | Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) - BC
BURNABY, British Columbia, Sept. 11, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CUPE 1816 members have ratified a new collective agreement with Pacific Blue Cross that includes annual wage increases, preserves...
CUPE 1816, Pacific B
CUPE 1816, Pacific Blue Cross reach tentative agreement
September 09, 2017 19:05 ET | Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) - BC
BURNABY, British Columbia, Sept. 09, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CUPE 1816 and Pacific Blue Cross have reached a tentative agreement at the bargaining table, effectively ending a labour dispute that...
Throne Speech echoes
Throne Speech echoes people’s agenda - CUPE BC
September 08, 2017 18:13 ET | Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) - BC
VICTORIA, British Columbia, Sept. 08, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today’s Throne Speech offered welcome news to members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees in BC. “CUPE members are happy to hear...
LRB order allows CUP
LRB order allows CUPE to picket Pacific Blue Cross allies
September 08, 2017 18:00 ET | Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) - BC
BURNABY, British Columbia, Sept. 08, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Members of CUPE Local 1816 began picketing at noon today outside some of the 15 businesses identified as “Preferred Travel Insurance...
Pacific Blue Cross challenged in BC Supreme Court
September 06, 2017 20:30 ET | Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) - BC
BURNABY, British Columbia, Sept. 06, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pacific Blue Cross broke the law when it indefinitely postponed the PBC Society’s annual general meeting—due no later than this...
CUPE files application to picket Pacific Blue Cross allies
August 30, 2017 17:48 ET | Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) - BC
BURNABY, British Columbia, Aug. 30, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Canadian Union of Public Employees today filed an application with the Labour Relations Board of British Columbia to allow picketing...
Labour Day Column from CUPE BC President Paul Faoro States Labour Day 2017 Finally an Opportunity for Working People to Celebrate
August 30, 2017 15:59 ET | Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) - BC
BURNABY, British Columbia, Aug. 30, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) in British Columbia issues the following statement: Every year at this time, labour leaders...
School support staff layoffs 'devastating'
June 03, 2013 13:10 ET | Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) - BC
NEW WESTMINSTER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - June 3, 2013) - Education workers and students are paying the price for ballooning deficits in Coquitlam and New Westminster. The...