Central Reorganisation: is this better public service?

What fresh hell is this?  The Directors Group has resuscitated previously used ideas such as Single Service Point and Central Reorganisation to complement organisational goals … Read more…

Board Meeting June 25, 5.30 p.m. Names on the Website, etc., RFID, Sitka,

Names on the Website; Name tags The Union presented a report in response to the library administration’s suggested change in policies for the placement of … Read more…

CUPE 391’s Email Policy – Ratified by General Membership 1997

Email usage has a been topic of discussion since early 2007.  Management began to question why CUPE 391 should be allowed to continue using the … Read more…

Gregor Robertson, Vision’s Candidate for Mayor

Vision stands united and speaks of building bridges with C.O.P.E. and Green Party.  All three civic parties plan to hold nomination meetings in September to … Read more…

Naomi Klein at the Maritime Labour Centre June 19

THE SHOCK DOCTRINE: THE RISE OF GLOBAL CAPITALISM Public panel with NAOMI KLEIN and local grassroots activists.  Information is shock resistance. arm yourself.  Naomi supported … Read more…

Shelver, LAI and LAII Meeting Rescheduled

Management has cancelled the June 5th Shelver, LAI and LAIImeeting at Kitsilano. The next meeting will be Thursday July 10, 9-11 in the HR Training … Read more…

CUPE 391 News on Your Good Name and the Bindery

Our presentation on the Names on the Website, Name Tags issues at the Board Meeting was fairly low key as we have a grievance on … Read more…

Board Meeting May 28, 5.30 p.m. Names on the Website, Names on Identification tags

CUPE 391 will be presenting a report on the placement of members names on the VPL website and in other areas, to the Library Board … Read more…

Political Participation

When CUPE Local 391 called off job action, we vowed to take our fight to achieve pay equity and end gender discrimination for library workers … Read more…

British Columbia has the lowest median wages in the country

Vancouver Sun Friday May 2. 2008:A1, H4 British Columbia has the lowest median wages in the country. For the two million women in this province, … Read more…