Join workers from across Manitoba at the Manitoba Legislature on Saturday, January 25th at 1pm in support of Canada Post door-to-door service! Contact CUPE Manitoba for more information on how to get involved in the rally! [gview file="http://cupe.mb.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/727/2014/01/Rally-Post-Office-Jan-25.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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Thanks to the hard work of the School Division Sector of CUPE Manitoba, the provincial government has proclaimed November 18 - 22 as the first-ever School Support Staff Recognition Week.
To help celebrate and raise awareness, CUPE Manitoba has launched a radio ad, highlighting the week, and the work our members do!
WINNIPEG – Today’s Throne Speech means increased opportunities and more stability for Manitoba families.
“The government has once again given us the important assurance that they will not cut the vital services that Manitobans rely on,” said Kelly Moist, CUPE Manitoba President, “the cuts experienced in health care and education by the Conservatives in the 1990s are still fresh in the memories of our members”.
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.
Winnipeg – Long-term care workers in Manitoba are rallying at the Manitoba Legislature between 12:00 and 1:00pm on Tuesday, October 29th calling on the provincial and federal governments to improve the quality and standard of care in personal care homes.
“Our members are dedicated and hard-working health care support workers” states Kelly Moist, President of CUPE Manitoba “we are taking action to ensure the best level of care possible for our elders”.
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Winnipeg – An overwhelming majority (85%) of employees at Lions Housing Personal Care Home voted in favour of a strike mandate for a second time in a vote conducted on Friday, October 18th.
“Long term care workers deserve fairness and respect” states Daniel Richards, Treasurer of CUPE Local 3729, “we are underpaid, overworked, short-staffed, and cannot provide the level and quality of care that we think Manitobans deserve”.
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