Category: Meetings and Conventions

Health Care

Over 140 CUPE members from across the province met in Brandon from November 26 - 29 at the CUPE Manitoba Solidarity Sector Conference.

At this conference members from Healthcare, Social Services, Municipalities, Long-term Care, and School Divisions met to discuss issues facing their sectors.

Additionally, special guest speakers included Mark Janson, CUPE Research who spoke to a number of sectors on Defined Benefit pension plans, CUPE National President Paul Moist who spoke about Manitoba's positive track record on pensions, comparing Manitoba to other provinces where pensions are under attack.

Health Care

Protect, strengthen and expand health care; town hall meeting in Winnipeg
Winnipeg - Manitoba is facing a $1.4 billion cut to health care funding by the federal government over the next ten years. By refusing to sign a new health accord with the provinces, the federal government is abandoning its responsibility to protect quality public health care services for all Manitobans.

Health Care

Winnipeg, MB – Manitoba is facing a $1.4 billion cut to health care funding by the federal government over the next ten years. By refusing to sign a new health accord with the provinces, the federal government is abandoning its responsibility to protect quality public health care services for all Manitobans.

Health Care

Join CUPE National President Paul Moist, and Council of Canadians National Chairperson Maude Barlow at a free, open to the public Town Hall meeting on the future of health care in Canada.

Thursday, April 17 from 7pm - 9pm at Canad Inns Club Regent Hotel (1415 Regent Ave. W).

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Meetings and Conventions

CUPE members from across Manitoba gathered in Brandon for the 51st CUPE Manitoba Convention to discuss, debate, and set a strong agenda for CUPE in the coming year. Nearly 200 members, activists, staff, and guests met at Brandon’s Keystone Centre from March 16th - March 19th and tackled issues including the dangers of multi-tiered collective agreements, access to clean public drinking water in Northern and Aboriginal communities, the Health Accord campaign, expanding the CPP, and mobilizing for the upcoming 2014 municip

al elections – among many more!

Childcare

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Global Justice

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Community

The CUPE Manitoba Executive board will be embarking on a rural tour at the end of September, 2013.  Events are being held in Selkirk, Brandon, Dauphin, Flin Flon and The Pas and we hope to engage members from all locals in these areas.

Below please find a list of the all the events that are planned for the 2013 Rural Tour.

Community

WINNIPEG – CUPE Manitoba will present a $50,000 cheque to CancerCare Manitoba in support of Camp Indigo, a camp dedicated to providing support to Manitoba children with cancer. The money is the most recent contribution the union’s members are making to pediatric oncology as part of ongoing fundraising for Manitoba children who have cancer.

Meetings and Conventions

WINNIPEG- More than 200 delegates will gather at the Winnipeg Convention Centre for the 50th anniversary of the Canadian Union of Public Employees Manitoba.
Canada’s largest public sector union was founded at the Hotel Fort Garry in Winnipeg on September 24, 1963.
Speakers at this year’s convention include:

Thursday, May 2

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