Category: Social Services

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Winnipeg – Today the Government of Manitoba announced an overhaul of the Child and Family Services Emergency Placement Program, committing to hiring 210 highly trained new permanent child-care workers over the next two years.

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“We are proud that the Manitoba government is responding to the call for highly trained, permanent staff to care for children in need” said Kelly Moist, President of CUPE Manitoba.

Bargaining

Community Living Selkirk Employees Postpone Strike Action, Province Commits Funding

SELKIRK – CUPE Local 3085, representing employees at Assisted Community Living Selkirk, has postponed a strike that was due to begin Friday morning, August 8, 2014. In a welcomed move to support Assisted Community Living (ACL) employees in Manitoba, the provincial government announced today that $6 million in new funding will be earmarked to ensure ACL workers, province-wide, receive fair wages for their important work in supporting Manitobans with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

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Selkirk – CUPE Local 3085, representing employees at Community Living Selkirk, has served notice to their employer that they will be on strike effective August 8, 2014, at 8:00 am.

“We have done everything in our power to avoid a strike situation” said Sheree Capar, CUPE National Representative, “but the employer refuses to provide fairness, offering sub-inflationary increases that would amount to nickels and dimes on already low wages”.

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CUPE Local 3085 (Community Living Selkirk) invites you to join them at the Minister of Family Service’ office to call for fairness for Assisted Community Living workers!
Community Living Selkirk employees provide important supports and services to Manitobans living with intellectual disabilities, yet are paid just above minimum wage, forcing many employees to live below the poverty line.

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CUPE Local 3085 (Community Living Selkirk) is organizing another round of info pickets in Selkirk, calling on their employer to compensate them fairly for their work. Currently, employees at Community Living Selkirk, who provide support to Manitobans with intellectual disabilities, earn wages that keep them below the poverty line.

Last week's info pickets were received very well by the public, generating positive feedback from motorists and passers-by.

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Selkirk – Employees at Community Living Selkirk will be holding information pickets at the corner of Main Street and Toronto Avenue in Selkirk, calling on their employer and funder to provide fair compensation for the important work they provide to the community. Community Living Selkirk employees are represented by CUPE Local 3085, and are responsible for providing support to individuals living with intellectual disabilities.

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Selkirk – After last minute negotiations through a provincial conciliation officer, the CUPE Local 2348 strike committee has agreed to push back their strike deadline, pending the outcome of continued talks slated for early next week.
“It is our hope that the employer will return to the bargaining table with an offer that our members can agree to” said CUPE National Representative, Sheree Capar “at the end of the day, our priority is to reach a fair agreement, and this is a positive step towards that goal”.

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Selkirk – Employees of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) – Interlake Region, represented by CUPE Local 2348 are preparing to strike, as early as Thursday, May 8th at 8:30 am.
CMHA – Interlake Region staff assist in locating safe and affordable housing for community members who live with mental illness and help them with rehabilitation, training, and life skills.

Childcare

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Winnipeg – Employees at ArlingtonHaus have voted to join the Canadian Union of Public Employees.

“We are honoured that employees at ArlingtonHaus have chosen to join Canada’s largest union,” says Debb Grimaldi, Acting Regional Director for CUPE.  “We are looking forward to working with these new members and the employer to establish a first collective agreement for their workplace.