Both the Victoria Labour Council and CUPE BC have released their lists of endorsed candidates for the local elections this November. The voter cards are attached below, click the smaller images to view full size. You can also see the VLC endorsements reflected in the BC Federation of Labour Local Government list online. Note that CUPE 951 has not endorsed…
Read moreCUPE 951 members Pat Shade, Cathy Henderson, and Jeta Rugova-Plakolli took part in the Plasma Car Race to support the United Way last week! Here’s some photos from the event:
Read moreOut of the Shadows and Into the Sunshine is a Mental Health Information Fair being held October 8th in the Michele Pujol room in the Student Union Building at UVic. Our stewards and RTWA officers have a table set up among the many displays. Please drop in between 11 am and 2 pm For more information, please download the flyer: Out…
Read moreLast month, Human Resources officially transitioned from uHire to UVic Careers, updating their hiring system for CUPE 951, CUPE 917, Exempt Support, Management Excluded and PEA positions. The system is easily accessed from any device and job seekers can store their resume in the system. If you are a supervisor involved in the hiring process you may have already received…
Read moreFrom CUPE BC BURNABY – CUPE’s Universities Coordinated Bargaining Committee (UCBC) has launched a new campaign to draw attention to the BC Liberals’ abysmal record on funding post-secondary education. Earlier this year, the Christy Clark government announced a three-year budget plan that will see the total operating grant for post-secondary institutions drop by almost $50 million. By 2016, per-student operating…
Read moreThe role of the BC Liberal Provincial Government in public sector bargaining remains large. Their insistence on “core reviews” across all post secondary institutions that identify areas where “shared services” might be implemented has put your employment in jeopardy. Meanwhile, funding for post secondary education continues to be restrained or cut, budget after budget. This reality, along with last year’s…
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