Category: Meetings and Conventions

Meetings and Conventions

We have a great lineup up of speakers at the 2025 CUPE MB Convention & Sector Conference, May 12-15 in Brandon, including:

• CUPE National President Mark Hancock
• CUPE National Secretary-Treasurer Candace Rennick
• Premier Wab Kinew
• MP for Winnipeg Centre Leah Gazan
• MMIWG2S+ Activist Cambria Harris
(Long Plain First Nation)
• Minister of Labour & Immigration Malaya Marcelino
• Minister of Municipal & Northern Relations Glen Simard
• MFL President Kevin Rebeck
• President of the Brandon & District Labour Council, Kirk Carr
• Elder Kevin Tacan
(Sioux Valley Dakota Nation)
• Sarah Ryan, CUPE Senior Research Officer, AI (Artificial Intelligence) Working Group

• Sarah Scanlon, CUPE Safer Union Spaces Office

And more!

Meetings and Conventions

Nominations are open for CUPE Manitoba's Jack Rodie Award!

The Jack Rodie Award is presented to a CUPE member who has displayed a long-standing commitment to the union movement.
Criteria:
- The nominee must be a CUPE member from a Local affiliated to CUPE Manitoba
- The nomination must come from an affiliated Local or member of an affiliated Local of CUPE Manitoba
- Nominees should be members who have displayed a long-term commitment to union activism, and have fostered a positive image amongst our membership

Read more and fill out the application here:
https://cupe.

Meetings and Conventions

Highlights from the 2024 CUPE Manitoba 60th Convention

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Dauphin Manitoba, Treaty 2 – CUPE activists from across Manitoba gathered from April 29 – 3, 2024 in Dauphin, Treaty 2 Territory, for the 60th annual convention of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Manitoba.

Committees

 
CUPE MANITOBA COMMITTEES & ELECTIONS - JANUARY 2024
CUPE members and Locals are advised of the following upcoming CUPE Manitoba Committee meetings and the Election Caucus for the vacant Co-Chair positions.

This is an official Notice for the Elections Caucus for the following Equity Committees:
- 2SLGBTQI+ (new Committee)
- Persons with Disabilities (new Committee)
- Racialized Workers (new Committee)
- Women & Gender Rights
- Human Rights

Please note that the Indigenous Council had been meeting in joint meetings with Human Rights/Equity committees but there is now a separate Indigenous Council meeting January 23, 2024 at 7:00 pm online.

Meetings and Conventions

This week is the 48th anniversary of Grace Hartman's election in 1975 as the national president of CUPE -- the first woman in North America to lead a national union.

We are pleased to announce the Grace Hartman Women & Gender Rights Conference: Dec 4, 2023 in Winnipeg, Treaty 1. 

This conference was mandated by a 2022 convention Executive resolution to hold a Women's Conference in Grace Hartman's name in December 2023.

Meetings and Conventions

CUPE members and Locals are advised of the following upcoming CUPE Manitoba Committee meetings and the Election Caucus for the vacant Executive Board Young Workers Diversity Vice-President position.

Please note that Notice for the October 29 Young Workers' Election Caucus for the vacant Executive Board position was provided to all Affiliates on September 22, 2023.

Meetings and Conventions

Highlights from the 2023 CUPE Manitoba Convention

Brandon, Manitoba, Treaty 2 – Over two hundred union activists and friends from across Manitoba gathered May 17 – 19, 2023 in Brandon, Treaty 2 Territory, for the annual convention of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Manitoba.

“37,000 CUPE members from across the province are mobilizing and fighting back against the Stefanson government’s years of attacks on working people in Manitoba,” said Gina McKay, President of CUPE Manitoba.

Meetings and Conventions

Election Readiness Session 

Tuesday, May 16 

1-4pm 

Keystone Centre, Brandon 

Manitoba Election 2023 is fast-approaching.

Learn foolproof methods to activate members.
Talk about technical details and rules.
Join with members across the province to build skills and talk strategy.
Target the issues and campaigns that matter most to members.

Every CUPE local in Manitoba has an important role to play.

Meetings and Conventions

Highlights from the 2022 CUPE Manitoba Convention

Over two hundred union activists from across Manitoba gathered on October 20-22 in Winnipeg, Treaty 1 Territory, for the annual convention of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Manitoba.

“The energy this week has been nothing short of inspiring” said Gina McKay, President of CUPE Manitoba.

About Us

CUPE Manitoba is pleased to announce the election of Gina McKay (she/her) as the next President of Manitoba’s largest labour union.

Delegates at the CUPE Manitoba Convention held October 20th – 22nd elected Gina McKay to represent the union’s 37,000 members.

“I am honoured to receive the confidence of CUPE members from across Manitoba to lead our union,” said McKay.