CUPE members and activists joined over 10,000 people in the 2014 Winnipeg Pride parade held on Sunday, June 1.
“Our union works tirelessly each and every day to end homophobia, transphobia, sexism, and discrimination in our workplaces” said Kelly Moist, President of CUPE Manitoba “many of our members face these issues daily, and we are proud to stand up and speak out against this form of hatred”.
We would like to invite you to the following Rally on Thursday. The Institute for International Women's Rights-Manitoba will be supporting this march from Portage Place, to the Legislative Building. We hope you can make it too.
INVITATION
We are deeply touched and solicit your support and participation alongside Winnipeg based Human Rights Activists in a Mega Protest March tagged “FREE THE GIRLS NOW” on Thursday, May 15, 2014, from 12:00pm to 1:00pm
The protest march shall begin at 391 Portage Place nearby the bus shelter and end at the Manitoba Legislative building, downtown, Winnipeg.
International Women’s Day in Cambodia is closely associated with the women who make the clothes you might be wearing as you read this. Their unions play a key role in organizing IWD events in that country.
All week the Cambodian government has been moving police and troops into position. Tomorrow an estimated 30,000 women garment workers are expected to celebrate IWD by attending an open-air ‘Forum on Labour Rights’ in Phnom Penh.
Please join CUPE members and the community at the annual International Womens' Day march! March 8th from 12pm - 2pm Starting at Portage Place mall, and ending at the Union Centre. [gview file="http://cupe.mb.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/727/2014/02/iwdposter.pdf"]
At today's Sunrise Memorial held at the Manitoba Legislature, 14 women who were murdered at the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique massacre in Montreal, and the 11 Manitoba women who were murdered within the past year were remembered.
A traditional aboriginal drumming group sang an honor song and all who attended wrote their commitments to continued, renewed activism and working towards eliminating violence against women.
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The National President of the Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (COURAGE) will be speaking at two events in Winnipeg about the struggles and challenges of the labour movement in the Philippines.
Ferdie Gaite will be speaking at Sam’s Place, 159 Henderson Highway, to Manitoba labour leaders and union members on November 1, 2013, from 7 – 10 pm.
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CUPE Manitoba organized a vigil on October 4th in The Pas, Manitoba as part of the nation-wide day of action and remembrance for missing and murdered Aboriginal women. Over 200 vigils were organized across Canada through partnership with the Native Women’s Association of Canada.
The vigil in The Pas, located at the Clearwater Lake Pump House where Helen Betty Osborne was murdered in 1971, served as a stark reminder of the legacies and horrors of colonialism, racism, and misogyny faced by far too many Aboriginal women in Canada.
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