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Melanie's Story
“I value my job. I take pride in my job,” said one striking worker, Melanie, while walking the worn picket-path in front of Cheshire Homes. Unfortunately, she’s finding proof now that her employer doesn’t value her. [Feb 20, 2007 09:38 AM]
Attend the Act of Warmth
On Tuesday, February 13, CUPE Saskatchewan will sponsor an Act of Warmth Luncheon for striking Group Home workers at Cheshire Homes. [Feb 12, 2007 03:54 PM]
Send the CUPE strikers your warm wishes
Send your warm wishes to striking group home workers in Regina who have been left out in the cold by their employer. [Feb 12, 2007 03:49 PM]
Support Cheshire
One care worker, walking the Cheshire Homes picket line Wednesday, watched as a resident was being helped inside. "I miss you" she called out to the resident. [Jan 25, 2007 12:02 PM]
Regina Group Home Workers Strike
CUPE Saskatchewan urges its members to support the 35 workers now on the picket line at Cheshire Homes. "Our solidarity really matters to these 35 workers," said CUPE Saskatchewan president Tom Graham. "Let's show our support." Graham said Locals can pass on some financial support to striking workers, or stop by 4402 Sherwood Dr. to visit the line. "There's 35 of them out there, but there's 27,000 of us behind them," he said. "Let's make sure they know that." [Jan 22, 2007 08:43 AM]
CUPE Saskatchewan 42nd Annual Convention
CUPE Saskatchewan has announced the 42nd Annual Convention, to be held March 7-9, 2007, in Regina. Find information and forms for convention, elections, resolutions, hotel reservations, child care, this year's theme: MANY HANDS and other convention mentions here. [Jan 3, 2007 05:59 PM]
Twelve Days of Contract Negotiations
With the holidays approaching, there's nothing to celebrate at the Lakeland bargaining table. [Dec 13, 2006 09:19 AM]
School support workers achieve wage parity
MOOSE JAW: Secretaries, teacher associates and library assistants working in the Holy Trinity School Division are finally receiving the same rate of pay as school caretakers, following the ratification of their new agreement last month. [Nov 30, 2006 05:11 PM]
Education workers ratify new agreement
Battlefords: School support workers in K-12 education in the Living Sky School Division have ratified a new collective agreement that brings them a few steps closer to achieving their goal of a common pay system for all education workers in the province. [Nov 30, 2006 04:56 PM]
CUPE Saskatchewan Praises Throne Speech Priorities
REGINA: Saskatchewan’s largest union is praising the provincial government’s four cornerstone-approach for this session of the legislature, revealed in Thursday’s Speech from the Throne. [Oct 26, 2006 07:30 PM]
Solidarity Participants Build Solid Ground
REGINA: Saskatchewan takes their solidarity seriously, as participants proved at this year’s Saskatchewan Solidarity Conference. [Oct 24, 2006 12:10 PM]
Saskatchewan health care facilities cook up healthier communities
REGINA/MOOSOMIN: When Barb Neufeld heard that the Eastern Saskatchewan Pioneer Lodge was chosen to receive this year’s nutrition services People’s Choice Award, she cried. [Oct 10, 2006 12:53 PM]
CUPE Saskatchewan convention to be held March 8-10 in Saskatoon
REGINA: Over 150 members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees will be gathering next week in Saskatoon for their union's provincial convention. The 41st annual convention of CUPE Saskatchewan will be held March 8 - 10 at the Delta Bessborough Hotel. [Sep 22, 2006 02:39 PM]
CUPE slams City of Saskatoon scheme to use library taxes for new Wal-Mart development
SASKATOON: The Saskatchewan division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees is adding its voice to those opposed to a City of Saskatoon proposal to divert library taxes into an overpass for a new Wal-Mart development. [Sep 22, 2006 02:37 PM]
Choose child care over tax cuts in budget, CUPE urges province
REGINA: The Saskatchewan Division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees is urging the provincial government to choose child care and other social priorities over business tax cuts when it unveils its budget later this week. [Sep 22, 2006 02:35 PM]
CUPE Saskatchewan praises new social spending in provincial budget
REGINA: The Saskatchewan division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees is praising the significant new social spending announced in today's provincial budget. [Sep 22, 2006 02:33 PM]
K-12 education workers seek provincial bargaining rights
SASKATOON: More than 6,000 Saskatchewan school support workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) want the same provincial bargaining rights and benefit coverage as teachers, says union spokesperson Omar Murray following a provincial meeting of education workers in Saskatoon. [Sep 22, 2006 02:30 PM]
May Day Message
REGINA: The Saskatchewan division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees called on the provincial government today, on the occasion of May Day, to reject calls by some business owners to lower the minimum working age. [Sep 22, 2006 02:28 PM]
City workers are not happy with stalled contract talks
Prince Albert: Buttons depicting unhappy faces are being worn around city hall, the outdoor pool and other city-owned facilities today. The buttons belong to city workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 882, who have been without a new collective agreement for more than two years. [Sep 22, 2006 02:23 PM]
City workers vote to support job action
PRINCE ALBERT: City workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 882 in Prince Albert voted 97 per cent in support of taking job action at a membership meeting last night. [Sep 22, 2006 01:55 PM]
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