Contract language includes paid days off for traditional Indigenous ceremony
Employees at the Indigenous Women’s Healing Centre in Winnipeg have ratified their first collective agreement with CUPE Local 2348.
“We are excited that this group now has the protection of a CUPE Collective Agreement” says Allen Bleich, CUPE National Servicing Representative.
BRANDON – Delegates at the 2019 CUPE Manitoba Convention in Brandon elected Abe Araya as President of the province’s largest union. Abe Araya comes from CUPE Local 110, representing custodians, maintenance, and painters at the Winnipeg School Division.
“Our union is focused on fighting back against cuts to health care, education, social services, and privatization,” said Araya.
On October 7th the Pallister government introduced Bill 2, an amendment to the current Public Services Sustainability Act, commonly known as the “wage freeze” Bill.
The government continues to limit wage increases through legislation, as well as other monetary items that would otherwise be negotiated through free collective bargaining.
“This legislation continues to interfere in free collective bargaining, by legislating wage limits, rather than allowing employers and workers to negotiate”, says Gord Delbridge, President of CUPE Manitoba, the province’s largest union and partner in the multi-union group currently challenging the government in court.
Health Care Representation Votes: What happens now?
FOR ALL HEALTH CARE WORKERS
Now that the health care representation votes have concluded, there will be a period of transition for all unions and employers. Here is what you need to know:
You keep your current union – for now. Contact your current union for any grievances, arbitrations, and issues in the workplace.
Teaching and support staff at St. Boniface Diocesan High School in Winnipeg voted overwhelmingly to join CUPE, Canada’s largest union.
St. Boniface Diocesan High School staff join other CUPE members in Manitoba Catholic schools, including, employees at St. Emile School and Holy Cross School represented by CUPE Local 4434.
“We pleased to welcome the staff at St.
This week the Pallister Conservatives created a double standard on public sector wages.
"They made the ridiculous decision to give themselves a massive retroactive raise while forcing a wage freeze on our members," said Terry Egan, President of CUPE Manitoba. "While this Premier is making deals to give himself a massive raise, our members are doing more with less.
WINNIPEG – The Canadian Union of Public Employees is speaking out against changes to the Healthcare Employees’ Pension Plan (HEPP) announced on October 17, 2017.
“The changes to the plan announced today may force some health care workers to delay or change their retirement plans, and creates an unnecessary division between existing plan members and the future generation of health care workers,” says Shannon McAteer CUPE’s Health Care Coordinator.
Today CUPE, through the Manitoba Federation of Labour’s Partnership to Defend Public Services filed a court injunction to the Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench against Pallister’s Bill 28, the “Public Services Sustainability Act”.
[caption id="attachment_3588" align="alignright" width="300"] Terry Egan (second, back row) with other labour leaders.[/caption]
Bill 28 is also known widely as the public sector wage freeze bill.
Winnipeg – CUPE Local 500 members from across City of Winnipeg departments voted 85% in favour of a strike mandate at a meeting held on June 7, 2017. Nearly 80% of eligible voters cast their ballots in an overwhelming show of support for the bargaining committee.
“The CUPE Local 500 bargaining committee takes this direction from our members seriously” said Gord Delbridge, President of CUPE 500.
- Strengthening CUPE Health Care - The provincial government has introduced legislation to change health care across Manitoba. Because of this, your union, CUPE, is being proactive and will be strengthening our health care locals by merging all 21 Winnipeg CUPE health care locals under the WRHA into one strong, united CUPE Local.…