I am writing to you today to update you on CUPE’s work on public wastewater treatment in the Capital Regional District and to seek your help as the second phase of public consultation gets underway. The CRD wastewater treatment project has been more than ten years in the making. CUPE has been involved from the beginning, with a goal…
Read moreFrom the Just-Film website – Our mandate is to gather Vancouver’s diverse social justice community to a festival that allows for reflection, provides a forum for discussion, and prompts participants to action. While the issues are often difficult, we feel it is important to provide tools and ideas for solutions. With this festival we want to provide opportunities for you to…
Read moreOttawa, ON – Canada’s largest union is welcoming today’s announcement of a long over-due national public inquiry into murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls. The Canadian Union of Public Employees is calling the inquiry a vital step on the path to reconciliation, and hopes it lead to real action on stopping violence against First Nations, Inuit and Metis women…
Read moreThe Transgender Day of Remembrance is observed each year on Nov. 20 in memory of transgender persons who have lost their lives because of anti-trans violence. Started in 1998 to honour the murder of a young transgender woman in Massachusetts, the day is now marked by ceremonies in cities across Canada and around the world. It is an opportunity to…
Read moreThe report for 2014 – 2015 is now available on the CUPE National website.
Read moreThe BC Federation of Labour has launched the Fight for $15 campaign to lobby the government for a long-overdue increase to the minimum wage. While promises have been made to raise the current minimum from $10.25/hour to $10.45/hour (and the server minimum from $9 to $9.20) this is not nearly enough — it still leaves full time minimum wage earners…
Read more