The CUPE Manitoba Solidarity Sector Conference is fast-approaching!
This is a great opportunity to meet with fellow CUPE members from your own sector, to discuss trends, issues, and opportunities within your sector (ie: Health Care, Long-Term Care, Municipal, Social Service & Childcare, Crowns, Education, etc).
Please contact CUPE Manitoba for more information!
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The country’s slow economic recovery has left 2.8 million Canadians unemployed or underemployed. Nearly three quarters of the jobs created in the past six years have been precarious (part-time, temporary or in the self-employed sector). With limited job prospects, household debt is at an all-time high.
Soon, you will get to choose how we overcome these challenges.
The Manitoba Government’s 2015 provincial budget was released on April 30th.
Throughout this week we will be featuring a number of key CUPE sectors and how the budget affects members within that sector.
What is the provincial budget?
The provincial budget is the implementation of the government’s vision for the next year, as well as commitments to long-term and short-term investments.
The Manitoba Government’s 2015 provincial budget was released on April 30th, and reflects the NDP’s commitment to working families across the province.
“Our NDP government is a strong steward of the economy” says Kelly Moist, President of CUPE Manitoba. “Manitobans want government to invest in core services and infrastructure, and that is exactly what this government is doing”.
via CUPE.ca
Ottawa, ON - The Conservative’s 2015 federal budget may balance the books, but it is highly unbalanced in its impact on Canadians. It puts millions of seniors at risk of poverty, abandons families in need of affordable child care and quality public health care, and doesn’t help Canadians workers who need better jobs, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees.
Something is rotten in the state of Manitoba's long-term care.
Over the past year, hundreds of Manitoba’s long-term care workers have been pushed to take labour action in an attempt to achieve fair wages and safe working conditions.
Maples Personal Care Home (July, 2013), Lions Housing Personal Care Home (August, 2013), Vista Park Lodge (September, 2013), Hillcrest Place (March, 2014), and Tuxedo Villa (July, 2014) have all voted to strike within the past year.
Please join members of CUPE Local 2180 (Tuxedo Villa Personal Care Home) in their second info picket, calling for fair wages and respect in their workplace.
Members held a very successful picket on August 6th, including an appearance from Paul Moist, CUPE National President, Kelly Moist, CUPE Manitoba President, and Jack Rodie, CUPE Manitoba President from 1965 - 1981.
Winnipeg – Employees at Tuxedo Villa Personal Care Home rejected their employer’s final offer in a vote held on July 8, 2014, and will be holding information pickets outside their facility today in an effort to bring their employer back to the table with a fair offer.
“Anyone who has a loved one in a personal care home understands the value of the facility’s staff” states CUPE National Representative Laurissa Smerchanski-Sims, “unfortunately Tuxedo Villa doesn’t understand this value and refuses to offer fair or reasonable wages for employees”.
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