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WINNIPEG – The Manitoba Progressive Conservative government is moving ahead with their plan to build new schools using an unaccountable, costly, and problematic model, says CUPE Manitoba.
“The Stefanson Government is making a big mistake by building nine new schools under the public-private partnership (P3) model,” said Gina McKay, President of CUPE Manitoba.
On July 13, CUPE 500, representing municipal staff at the Brady Road Resource Management Facility, including the landfill and 4R Winnipeg Depot, provided a letter of support to the organizers and families who are calling for a search for MMIWG2S at the site.
In our July 13 message we expressed that we are deeply concerned with the City and Province’s inability to provide support and closure for families of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQI* members of the community.
The Brandon Clinic informed CUPE Local 2096 and the Brandon community that the walk-in clinic will be closed, effective July 4, 2023.
“Walk-in services at the Brandon Clinic are yet another victim of the provincial government’s inability to attract and retain doctors and other health care workers to Manitoba” said Gina McKay, President of CUPE Manitoba.
As a lead sponsor, CUPE Manitoba is pleased to join the 2023 Manitoba Filipino Street Festival June 24-25 at the Maples Multiplex Grounds, 434 Adsum Drive. We will have a tent and booth set up for all to come by.
CUPE members are invited to join CUPE Manitoba's float in the cultural parade at 11 AM on Saturday, June 24.
June 21st is National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada. On Saturday, June 17th, APTN will be hosting Indigenous Day Live at the Forks in Winnipeg, and CUPE -- both CUPE National and CUPE Manitoba -- is proud to be a major sponsor of the event.
CUPE Manitoba will have a booth at the Forks where we will be giving out free prints of Aaron Paquette's beautiful Water is Life poster and promoting the CUPE's Water is Life pledge.
A Message from CUPE Manitoba President, Gina McKay
Recently in Manitoba, we have seen groups working to condemn and violate human rights, limiting gender/sexual health, and pushing to ban books in our province.
While we celebrate advances made, we must always be cognizant that there is still a long way to go and that in each of our communities, there continues to be people fuelled by fear, hate, and trans/homophobia that will work to remove rights and the dignity of those they deem different from themselves.
BRANDON, TREATY 2 – Today the Brandon Clinic informed CUPE Local 2096 that seven health care workers are being laid off due to funding constraints, in what is being described as a shock to the community in Brandon.
“There is no legitimate reason that nurses at Brandon Clinic should be receiving layoff notices, especially with the critical shortage of health workers across Manitoba,” said Gina McKay, President of CUPE Manitoba.
Highlights from the 2023 CUPE Manitoba Convention
Brandon, Manitoba, Treaty 2 – Over two hundred union activists and friends from across Manitoba gathered May 17 – 19, 2023 in Brandon, Treaty 2 Territory, for the annual convention of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Manitoba.
“37,000 CUPE members from across the province are mobilizing and fighting back against the Stefanson government’s years of attacks on working people in Manitoba,” said Gina McKay, President of CUPE Manitoba.
We are very happy to spotlight some of the incredible speakers who will be presenting to CUPE Manitoba delegates next week at our 59th Annual Convention.
Today is the final day of the Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) Week, an important annual week taking place April 23-29th, that recognizes the work and leadership of ECEs for our community’s children throughout Manitoba.
To wrap up this important week, President Gina McKay shared a thank you to all ECEs on behalf of 37,000 CUPE members across Manitoba, sharing that "as workers who have worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic, we’ve seen firsthand the incredible value Child Care workers provide in every community" noting that they have kept families supported, and cared for, by upholding a pillar for Manitobans so that they were able to continue to keep communities functioning throughout the pandemic.