Labour Day
A Labour Day Picnic will be happening in Esquimalt on Monday Sept 4th from 11 am to 2 pm — come say hi to your CUPE family and other labour groups! More detail at https://victorialabour.ca/events/labour-day-2023/
Read moreVictoria Pride Parade 2023
951 members Kirk Mercer, Page DeWolfe, Susie Dancer, Stephen Leckie, and recent retiree Ted Godwin joined the Victoria Labour Council with the BC Ferries and Marine Workers Union float the MV Queen of Solidarity (captained by Vikki Smudge) and close to 100 members from several other unions including other CUPE Members from Vancouver Island District Council and Nanaimo Duncan District…
Read moreYour help is needed. Period.
Periods might be tough to talk about sometimes, but they are just a fact of life. Monthly menstruation products are a basic necessity. Nobody should have to pick between feeding their family and being able to afford basic hygiene products. But if you’re living in poverty, access to products can be challenging. For homeless youth or women living on the…
Read moreDay of Mourning
This upcoming Saturday is the National Day of Mourning, where we remember workers who have died, or were made injured or sick, from their work. Locally, the Victoria Labour Council is coordinating an event as a memorial and a call to action. 198 workers died in British Columbia in 2017. Every day workers suffer from work-related injuries and diseases. This…
Read moreRemembering Dave Barrett
The life of former B.C. premier Dave Barrett will be honoured with a public state memorial service in Victoria on Saturday, March 3. Barrett, who led the province’s first New Democratic Party government, died on Feb. 2 at the age of 87. The service will be held at the Farquhar Auditorium at the University of Victoria on March 3 at…
Read moreBlack History Month
Every February, CUPE celebrates Black History Month (also known as African Heritage month) when we pause to reflect on the efforts of the many union activists and community organizers of African descent who lead the fight for inclusive communities and workplaces. This fight happens every day, as CUPE members bargain for more inclusive and equity-based language in our collective agreements, challenge racism in our governments,…
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