Campus shutdown at Capilano University averted after workers reach tentative deal
February 16, 2018 12:57 ET
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SEIU Local 2
SEIU Local 2 cleaners at Capilano University were set to walk off the job Monday in protest of poverty wages VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Capilano University...
Capilano University workers react to disappointing government minimum wage increase as they gear up for strike votes this week
February 09, 2018 16:06 ET
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SEIU Local 2
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 09, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Capilano University cleaners say $15 an hour is needed right now, not in 2021, as they prepare to take strike votes this week. “For...
Capilano University President Paul Dangerfield says will not consider Living Wage until 2030
December 05, 2017 15:46 ET
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SEIU Local 2
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 05, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Capilano University Student Worker Alliance Group (SWAG) met with University President Paul Dangerfield Monday following last...
Janitors' union drive at Capilano University gives rise to campus-wide Living Wage Campaign
November 29, 2017 18:20 ET
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SEIU Local 2
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 29, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Capilano University President Paul Dangerfield was unavailable to accept a joint student-worker delegation Wednesday attempting to...
MEDIA ADVISORY: Students lead the way in fight to make Capilano University a Living Wage campus
November 27, 2017 08:00 ET
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SEIU Local 2
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 27, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Students will be standing with low-wage workers at Capilano University on Wednesday to deliver an open letter and petition to...
Cleaners at Capilano University win their union and join SEIU’s Justice for Janitors movement
June 27, 2017 08:30 ET
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SEIU Local 2
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 27, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cleaners employed at Capilano University won their right to join SEIU Local 2 and its Justice for Janitors campaign earlier this month....
Media Advisory: Unionized Cleaners Terminated at the National Research Council in Halifax as Federal Government Agency Replaces Them With Poverty-Wage Non-Union Contractor
June 30, 2016 06:00 ET
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SEIU Local 2 - Justice for Janitors
HALIFAX, NS--(Marketwired - June 30, 2016) - A rally will be held at the National Research Council in Halifax to protest the termination of unionized cleaning positions that provide yearly pay...
A Step Forward for Working Families as Toronto-Area Janitors Ratify New Deal
May 16, 2016 10:20 ET
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SEIU Local 2 - Justice for Janitors
TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - May 16, 2016) - Janitors packed into a downtown Toronto hotel on Saturday to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement. The cleaners are seeing the most...
Tentative Deal Reached for Over 2,000 Toronto-Area Janitors, Strike Averted
May 05, 2016 19:59 ET
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SEIU Local 2 - Justice for Janitors
TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - May 05, 2016) - The bargaining committee representing over 2,000 cleaners who work in nearly 200 Toronto locations, including large commercial office properties,...
Over 2,000 Toronto-Area Private Sector Cleaners in Strike Position
April 26, 2016 07:00 ET
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Justice for Janitors
TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - April 26, 2016) - A fair raise, paid sick days and improved health benefits are some of the basic demands that members of Justice for Janitors have tabled at...