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Bargaining

For immediate release August 30, 2024

HEALTH CARE SUPPORT WORKERS IN SHARED HEALTH, WRHA, AND SOUTHERN HEALTH-SANTÉ-SUD AUTHORIZE STRIKE ACTION –
WINNIPEG, TREATY 1

Health care support workers in the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (community and facility support), Shared Health (community and facility support) and Southern Health Santé-Sud (community support) have rejected a proposed tentative agreement and have authorized strike action.

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Please see the latest information from the CUPE Health Care Bargaining Committee on the results of the ratification votes.

For more information, contact your CUPE Local directly.

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The CUPE Manitoba Young Workers' Committee is hosting a free picnic this Labour Day, Monday Sept 2 from NOON - 3 PM.

Pizza and drinks
Games and activities

To register please email info@cupe.

School Sector

Registration is now open for the 2024 CUPE Manitoba School Division Conference taking place October 4 in Brandon, Treaty 2.

Please visit the conference page for more information and to complete the online registration.

Events

CUPE's 54th Annual Union Education Manitoba Summer School was held May 27 - 31 in Russell, Manitoba, Treaty 2 Territory. This was the first Summer School since 2019 and and included 60 delegates and facilitators. By all accounts, it was a great success and one of the best Summer Schools ever held in Manitoba.

Committees

Manitoba CUPE members in Affiliated Locals are invited to attend CUPE Manitoba’s All Committees meeting on Monday, June 24 at 5 PM (online). Below you will find a list of all our Issue-Based committees:

Human Rights Committee
Health and Safety
Contracting-Out and Political Action
Indigenous Council
Women’s and Gender Rights
Global Justice
Charitable Works
Young Workers’
Safer Spaces
2SLGBTQI+
Racialized Workers’

Committee meetings are held online and each committee has an annual budget and an assigned National staff liaison to support their work.

Events

CUPE Manitoba looks forward to bringing CUPE's spirit of Frontline Pride to celebrations across Manitoba this month, from Flin Flon to Steinbach and many places in-between.

Our activities kicked off at the Union Centre in Winnipeg on May 24th with a flag raising ceremony in which CUPE Manitoba 2SLGBTQI+ Committee Co-Chair Bryce Byron (CUPE Local 2348) spoke alongside Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh and Deputy Premier and Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara.

Events

On Tuesday, May 14, 2024 the United Way Winnipeg and Winnipeg District Labour Council presented their annual community labour awards to individual labour activists and presented certificates of recognition and excellence to unions for their fundraising efforts.

The event was held at Winnipeg's Union Centre and honoured guests included Minister of Labour Malaya Marcelino, Minister of Advanced Education and Training Renée Cable, and several NDP MLAs as well as labour-friendly city councillors.

School Sector

April 29 through May 3, 2024, is the 33rd annual Week of the Early Childhood Educator in Manitoba.

The week of the Early Childhood Educator is an important week to recognize and thank all Early Childhood Educators in Manitoba who work tirelessly to support our communities' children & families.

“This week serves as an opportunity to celebrate and acknowledge the profound impact that early childhood educators have in supporting the social, emotional, physical, and intellectual development of children, from the youngest infants all the way through school age and beyond” (Mb Education & Early Childhood Learning, 2024)

Listen to CUPE Manitoba's radio ad here:

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Events

April 28 is the National Workers' Day of Mourning for workers injured or killed on the job.

The Workers’ Day of Mourning was created by CUPE members more than 40 years ago to remember those who lost their lives on the job and to inspire workers to fight to prevent further tragedies.