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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.
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.
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”.
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”.
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.
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.
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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Manitoba Flood.
CUPE Manitoba will be organizing members to volunteer in St. Francois-Xavier to help with sandbagging efforts.
We have been in contact with the Rural Municipality, and they require as much assistance as they can get.
We will be meeting at the CUPE Regional Office in Winnipeg on Tuesday, July 8th between 9 and 9:15am, and carpooling to-and-from the RM.
Winnipeg – CUPE Manitoba President Kelly Moist was on-site on Monday along with members of CUPE Local 2348 at the unveiling of new plans to transform the Merchants Hotel on Selkirk Ave in Winnipeg’s North End into a multi-use education, affordable housing, and social services hub.
“Winnipeg’s North End is a place where so many different communities come together in celebration of our city’s diversity” said Moist.