Stay Tuned!

Your CUPE 391 delegates this year are: D’Arcy Stainton (President); Laura Safarian (Member at Large); Mike DePaoli (Recording Secretary); Jennifer Kuun (Member at Large); Lily … Read more…

Day 5: End of Business

First Off, I would like to commend Gerard, Mark and Laura for the hard work they’ve done. CUPE 391 has a reputation at conventions (national … Read more…

Day 4: Surrealism Sets In – Plane Crash, Jack Layton, and Calypso Newfoundland Folk Songs

How much stranger can things get? First off, the teacher situation. See http://bctf.ca/NewsReleases.aspx?fid=584 for the latest info. Starting tomorrow, teachers will be on picket lines. … Read more…

Day 3: Extreme Highs and Lows

We won! After being delayed for a day, the communications awards were presented this afternoon. There’s us in the right of the photo. Standing at … Read more…

Day 2…Women’s Issues, the BCTF, and Dr. Murray

A better photo of our delegation…me, Member at Large Laura Safarian, Vice-President Gerard Batty, and Vice President Mark Whittam (Photo taken by our CUPE rep. … Read more…

Monday – Day 1 of Convention

Start here! This convention business is hard work. After doing my preparation for today I only got about four hours’ sleep last night. Gerard, Laura … Read more…

BC Caucus: “What the *$%^# is up with non-concurrence?”

…back at the hotel after the BC Caucus and a dinner meeting with Laura and our National Rep. (Hi, Bren! Hi, Teresa!) Laura and I … Read more…

Sunday Morning: The Library Workers’ Sectoral Meeting

First off, here’s where we’re staying… It’s comfy, has a noisy bar with a Rolling Stones look-alike band, and a place where you can get … Read more…

Flying to Winnipeg: The Little Engine That Couldn’t

Hi from Winnipeg! It is almost 3 am (1 am Vancouver time). Gerard, Laura, Mark and myself made it in spite of multiple problems with … Read more…

Welcome to CUPE 391

Welcome to CUPE 391

CUPE Local 391 represents the more than 750 employees of Vancouver Public Library, Sechelt Public Library and the Gibsons and District Public Library.

We are librarians, library assistants, delivery staff, maintenance workers, graphic designers, supervisors, library technicians, corporate service clerks, and printers.

We are compassionate advocates and thoughtful negotiators. We are active in our local community and engaged in the broader community.

We acknowledge that the work we do is on the ancestral, traditional and stolen territories of the Coast Salish Peoples. In particular, the territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), shíshálh (Sechelt), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh).