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It is with great sadness that we learn of the passing of Nello Altomare, Manitoba Minister of Education & Early Childhood Learning, and MLA for Transcona.

[caption id="attachment_101604" align="alignright" width="200"] Brittany Aube, President of CUPE 3060 (child care) and CUPE Manitoba Brandon Area Rep., MLA Nello Altomare, and CUPE Manitoba President Gina McKay[/caption]

Minister Altomare was a beloved educator and friend to so many Manitoba students, parents, child care workers, and school support staff.

Committees

CUPE Manitoba is calling all interested CUPE members in affiliated locals to join a provincial committee in 2025!

Contact your Local President for information on the voting delegation process. All members from affiliated CUPE Locals welcome! All meetings are online & can be joined from anywhere.

Have questions? Please email Deanna West at officeadmin@cupe.

Community

December 20th marks the conclusion of CUPE Manitoba’s “Stronger Together” workplace campaign for the United Way. This year, CUPE Manitoba was proud to present the United Way of Winnipeg with a $10,000 cheque, in addition to separate contributions to the United Way in Brandon and in the Pembina Valley (Morden/Winkler).

United Way of Winnipeg Labour Director Madelaine Dwyer received the $10,000 donation in person at the Union Centre today (with her son, Mason).

Events

Registration is now open for the National Building Strong Locals Conference and the first-ever National Young Workers Conference, in Montreal March 2 - 6, 2025. Find all the details and registration information at: https://cupe.ca/events    

Union Development

The Union Education Winter-Spring 2025 Union Education Calendar is out! Speak to your Local leadership about attending any of these workshops or multi-day schools. https://cupe.mb.ca/members/education/

Committees

All members of affiliated Locals are invited to attend any of the following upcoming CUPE Manitoba Committee meetings.

Please contact your Local President to become a Delegate or Alternate. Even members without Delegate or Alternate status from their Local are welcome and encouraged to attend. However, you must be a Delegate or Alternate to stand for election or to have a vote.

Events

An Invitation for Indigenous, Métis, and Inuit CUPE members!
The CUPE MB Indigenous Council is hosting a Beading Night for Indigenous CUPE members. It has been postponed to January 8th from 530-730 PM in Winnipeg. If you are an Indigenous CUPE member and would like to sign up, please send a quick email to: officeadmin@cupe.

Events

Registration for the Prairie Human Rights Conference taking place January 21- 23 in Saskatoon is open!

CUPE Locals looking to build member engagement, build solidarity, and strengthen their Local through learning more about rights and the ways to strengthen collective action, join us!

For more information and to register, click HERE.

News

Manitoba’s largest union is encouraged by the NDP government’s blueprint for the coming year.

CUPE Manitoba applauds the government's goal to create 3,500 more childcare spaces.

[caption id="attachment_101077" align="alignright" width="324"] CUPE delegation to the Manitoba Throne Speech, 2024. Gina McKay (President, CUPE Manitoba), Margaret Schroeder (President, CUPE 204) , Carmen Prefontaine (CUPE Manitoba Vice-President, CUPE 500), Daniel Richards (CUPE 204), Dale Edmunds (CUPE Political Action), Andrew Loewen (CUPE Manitoba), Matt McLean (CUPE Research)[/caption]

“Manitoba continues to face a childcare crisis, with far too many parents struggling to find quality care in their own communities,” says Gina McKay, President of CUPE Manitoba.

Bargaining

Joined by Gina McKay, Shelley Baker, president of CUPE 2153, representing members supporting Child and Family Services in Winnipeg and Eastern Manitoba, spoke to media recently to build awareness of the issues facing CUPE members.

See the CTV coverage here.

"CUPE 2153 was the target of some extreme austerity, cuts and privatization under the previous PC government", says Baker.