http://cupe.ca en The Canadian Union of Public Employees represents 600,000 working women and men across Canada CUPEhttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with PlusmoSubscribe with The Free DictionarySubscribe with Bitty BrowserSubscribe with Live.comSubscribe with Excite MIXSubscribe with WebwagSubscribe with Podcast ReadySubscribe with WikioSubscribe with Daily Rotation http://cupe.ca/environment/local-2626-host-climate-conference Climate change in the wake of the disappointing Durban talks at COP 17 will be front and centre at CUPE Local 2626’s Climate Change Conference at the University of Ottawa on February 15. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:42:00 -0500 49338 at cupe.ca http://cupe.ca/privatization/community-bottled-water-free-zone-march On March 15, Bottled Water Free Day, CUPE members and their allies will be organizing in their communities to eliminate the sale and distribution of bottled water in public spaces and institutions. Campuses and municipalities are two main targets, but any workplace or institution can back the tap and go bottled water free. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:11:00 -0500 49336 at cupe.ca http://cupe.ca/bargaining/hails-saskatchewan-court-decision A four-year legal battle culminated this week in an important victory for Saskatchewan working people and their rights to bargain collectively. Saskatchewan Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Dennis Ball ruled that the Brad Wall government’s essential services legislation is unconstitutional. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:10:00 -0500 49333 at cupe.ca http://cupe.ca/health-care/bc-health-unions-seek-fair-reasonable Unions representing 43,000 B.C. health care workers will sit down with employers and government to begin negotiations for a new collective agreement Feb. 7. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:42:00 -0500 49332 at cupe.ca http://cupe.ca/bargaining/labour-contract-saint-philippe Employees of the Municipality of Saint-Philippe have renewed their collective agreement for a period of six years. At a general meeting on February 1, the members unanimously ratified the tentative agreement between the City and the Union (CUPE 4345). Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:28:00 -0500 49328 at cupe.ca http://cupe.ca/accreditation/local-1600-compelled-respond-zoochecks CUPE 1600 responds to recent Zoocheck statements concerning PAWS, the animal sanctuary in California, where the Toronto Zoo may send their three African elephants. The union represents workers and animal keepers at the Toronto Zoo. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:37:00 -0500 49327 at cupe.ca http://cupe.ca/bargaining/help-mcmaster-universitys-post-doctoral A fair deal that includes a fair and competitive compensation package can be reached with McMaster if the administration moves away from their current inflexible position of no increases in the final years of their proposed contract terms. Please send management an email in support of CUPE 3906 members. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:07:00 -0500 49325 at cupe.ca http://cupe.ca/aboriginal/freedom-leonard-peltier-justice The struggle for freedom for American Indian activist Leonard Peltier, wrongly extradited from Canada to the US in 1976, reminds Canadians that the struggle for justice for all aboriginal peoples is ongoing, CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn said today on the 36th year of Peltier’s false imprisonment. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:40:00 -0500 49324 at cupe.ca http://cupe.ca/elderly/a4f30268a253ee 85,000 residents in the province’s long-term care homes have waited for more than eight years for Ontario’s Liberal government to make good on a long-promised minimum standard of care, and the time for them to act is now, advocates for better long-term care said at a Kingston media conference today. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:11:00 -0500 49323 at cupe.ca http://cupe.ca/bargaining/chartwells-hardly-model-employer More than 100 cafeteria workers with the Eastern School District (in Newfoundland & Labrador) have given their union a 93% strike mandate. The members of CUPE Local 4885, who work in 42 schools, are making some very modest demands. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:19:00 -0500 49322 at cupe.ca http://cupe.ca/school-boards/ontario-school-board-workers-raise CUPE Ontario school board workers recognized the importance of giving back to the community at their annual conference by raising money to help a local charity, the Richmond Hill Community Food Bank. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:06:00 -0500 49320 at cupe.ca http://cupe.ca/education/ontario-declares-support-anti-bullying Ontario’s largest union is urging all Ontarians to support the passage of Bill 13, the Accepting Schools Act, and to stand behind students in their quest to eradicate bullying. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:32:00 -0500 49318 at cupe.ca http://cupe.ca/environment/support-green-communities CUPE will learn about municipal environmental issues and share our union's vision at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ annual Sustainable Communities conference. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:16:00 -0500 49316 at cupe.ca http://cupe.ca/bargaining/announces-framework-deal Mark Ferguson, President of Toronto Civic Employees' Union, CUPE Local 416, announced early this morning that the Local and the City negotiators have developed a working framework for a new collective agreement. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:15:00 -0500 49312 at cupe.ca http://cupe.ca/bargaining/sectors-meet-shape-bargaining CUPE’s B.C. regional bargaining strategies conference continued on Thursday with delegates separating into provincial and locally-funded sectors—and then into individual sectors—to discuss bargaining priorities for 2012. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:13:00 -0500 49306 at cupe.ca