News

Bargaining

Your CUPE bargaining team is pleased to announce that we have reached a tentative agreement for Health Care Support Workers in Community Support and Facility Support in Shared Health (CUPE 204), WRHA (CUPE 204 & CUPE 500), Southern Health-Santé Sud (CUPE 4270), and Northern Regional Health Authority (CUPE 8600).
This tentative agreement comes after only four months of negotiations between your CUPE team and the Provincial Health Labour Relations Services (the Employers).

School Sector

Registration is now open for the 2024 CUPE Manitoba School Division Conference taking place October 4 in Brandon, Treaty 2.

Please visit the conference page for more information and to complete the online registration.

Events

CUPE's 54th Annual Union Education Manitoba Summer School was held May 27 - 31 in Russell, Manitoba, Treaty 2 Territory. This was the first Summer School since 2019 and and included 60 delegates and facilitators. By all accounts, it was a great success and one of the best Summer Schools ever held in Manitoba.

Committees

Manitoba CUPE members in Affiliated Locals are invited to attend CUPE Manitoba’s All Committees meeting on Monday, June 24 at 5 PM (online). Below you will find a list of all our Issue-Based committees:

Human Rights Committee
Health and Safety
Contracting-Out and Political Action
Indigenous Council
Women’s and Gender Rights
Global Justice
Charitable Works
Young Workers’
Safer Spaces
2SLGBTQI+
Racialized Workers’

Committee meetings are held online and each committee has an annual budget and an assigned National staff liaison to support their work.

Events

CUPE Manitoba looks forward to bringing CUPE's spirit of Frontline Pride to celebrations across Manitoba this month, from Flin Flon to Steinbach and many places in-between.

Our activities kicked off at the Union Centre in Winnipeg on May 24th with a flag raising ceremony in which CUPE Manitoba 2SLGBTQI+ Committee Co-Chair Bryce Byron (CUPE Local 2348) spoke alongside Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh and Deputy Premier and Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara.

Events

On Tuesday, May 14, 2024 the United Way Winnipeg and Winnipeg District Labour Council presented their annual community labour awards to individual labour activists and presented certificates of recognition and excellence to unions for their fundraising efforts.

The event was held at Winnipeg's Union Centre and honoured guests included Minister of Labour Malaya Marcelino, Minister of Advanced Education and Training Renée Cable, and several NDP MLAs as well as labour-friendly city councillors.

Meetings and Conventions

Highlights from the 2024 CUPE Manitoba 60th Convention

[caption id="attachment_98533" align="alignright" width="263"] CUPE members and guests joined a round dance with Ebb & Flow Drum Group[/caption]

Dauphin Manitoba, Treaty 2 – CUPE activists from across Manitoba gathered from April 29 – 3, 2024 in Dauphin, Treaty 2 Territory, for the 60th annual convention of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Manitoba.

School Sector

April 29 through May 3, 2024, is the 33rd annual Week of the Early Childhood Educator in Manitoba.

The week of the Early Childhood Educator is an important week to recognize and thank all Early Childhood Educators in Manitoba who work tirelessly to support our communities' children & families.

“This week serves as an opportunity to celebrate and acknowledge the profound impact that early childhood educators have in supporting the social, emotional, physical, and intellectual development of children, from the youngest infants all the way through school age and beyond” (Mb Education & Early Childhood Learning, 2024)

Listen to CUPE Manitoba's radio ad here:

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Events

April 28 is the National Workers' Day of Mourning for workers injured or killed on the job.

The Workers’ Day of Mourning was created by CUPE members more than 40 years ago to remember those who lost their lives on the job and to inspire workers to fight to prevent further tragedies.

Childcare

Winnipeg, Treaty 1 – Manitoba’s largest union is applauding the NDP government’s first budget, which should help address chronic understaffing in healthcare, childcare, municipal services, and education.
“Hiring 600 health care aides will help fill the staffing holes created by the previous government”, said Gina McKay, President of CUPE Manitoba. “We hear every day from health care support staff across Manitoba who are calling for backup, and now the help is coming”.