Category: Bargaining

Bargaining

Today CUPE 998 representing approximately 870 workers at Manitoba Hydro has scheduled a strike vote with members for Friday, May 30, 2025. The strike vote follows months of bargaining where Manitoba Hydro has failed to present an offer consistent with what it has reached with other bargaining units within Manitoba Hydro.

“We know Manitoba Hydro has settled with other workers within Hydro with fair collective agreements,” said Michelle Bergen, President of CUPE 998.

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Joined by Gina McKay, Shelley Baker, president of CUPE 2153, representing members supporting Child and Family Services in Winnipeg and Eastern Manitoba, spoke to media recently to build awareness of the issues facing CUPE members.

See the CTV coverage here.

"CUPE 2153 was the target of some extreme austerity, cuts and privatization under the previous PC government", says Baker.

Bargaining

This week, CUPE is celebrating the 19,000 CUPE members who work as health care support workers across Manitoba in Locals 204, 8600, 4270, and 500. The Manitoba Government has proclaimed October 21 – 25 as Health Care Support Workers’ Week.

“Health care support workers are part of the foundation of our health care system and a critical part of the health care team,” says Gina McKay, President of CUPE Manitoba.

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Today at noon, CUPE members in Locals 204, 4270, and 500 completed their ratification vote. See the new Health Care Bargaining update: CUPE HC Bargaining Update 2024 10 18

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Your activism and solidarity won us a tentative agreement! The Health Care Strike organizing team is canceling tomorrow’s protest as we work on next steps.

Each Local (Locals 204, 500, 4270) will be reaching out to members soon to schedule online information sessions to review details of the tentative agreement, and when you can vote on it.

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October 4, 2024
Earlier today, the employer requested that we enter “conciliation” to continue negotiations into the weekend. We have agreed to move forward with conciliation in an attempt to achieve what we have heard from our members as their top priorities: improved wages that don’t leave anyone behind and improvements to working conditions.

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Your CUPE bargaining team met with the employer today expecting a meaningful proposal at the bargaining table. Unfortunately, the employer came back to the table with no new offer.

CUPE is fighting for a fair deal and better working conditions for Health Care Workers, and we continue to prepare for our strike deadline of October 8th.

Bargaining

Today CUPE and the MGEU jointly announced a strike notice for Tuesday, October 8, 2024.
Why is there a potential strike?
Health care support workers have made it clear that if government wants to fix the staffing crisis in health care, they need to offer better wages and supports that don’t leave health care support workers behind.

Bargaining

The following letter of solidarity was sent by CUPE Manitoba President Gina McKay to Locals 204 (Facility and Community), 4270 (Community), and 500 (Riverview/health care unit) as they prepare for possible strike action.

Sisters, Brothers, and Friends,

On behalf of CUPE Manitoba and our provincial executive, I want to send along our solidarity and support to all CUPE health care locals, units, members of the bargaining committee and health care members throughout the province.

Bargaining

On Thursday last week, CUPE presented the employer a package of proposals that seeks significant changes to the recently rejected tentative agreement.

Our bargaining team submitted proposals that reflect what we heard throughout the ratification process including wages that catch up, recruitment and retention initiatives, immediate improvements for home care workers, and more.