Andre Tune, Jeannie Blaney (Local Rep), Gavin McGarrigle (National Rep), Dave Ingram, Don Haug (Chief Steward). CAW Local 114 members who work at Viking Air in British Columbia have voted 95 per cent in favour of a new contract with the aircraft maker.The CAW represents 270 workers at Viking Air, which builds the latest model of Twin Otter airplanes. The new agreement includes a $1000 payment for  2010 to 2011, a 2 percent wage increase retroactive to November 2011, a wage increase of...

Media Advisory for CAW National Comprehensive and US Basic Distribution CAW Outraged at Closure Announcement at Electro-Motive in London February 3, 2012 (London) CAW President Ken Lewenza is expressing his anger and frustration at what is he calling the “callous move” by Caterpillar to suddenly close its London Electro-Motive Diesel plant, announced this morning. Sadly, the closure doesn’t come as a total surprise to the union. “Caterpillar had no intention of keeping this plant open,”...

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Outside workers in Toronto represented by CUPE local 416 are in contract negotiations with the city to try and reach a deal before the end of the weekend. The City continues to ask for concessions and last night tabled a final offer to the union that guts our collective agreement, to the detriment of both workers and the services they provide

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Caterpillar has announced that it will soon close its Electro-Motive plant in London Ontario, where locked out employees have been off the job since January 1 of this year.

Here's your chance to meet the next Leader of the NDP and Prime Minister of Canada! Meet and Greet with Peggy Nash in Coquitlam February 1st, click here. Town Hall with Peggy Nash in Vancouver, Don't miss this one 7 pm - 9pm February 2nd! Meet and Greet with Peggy Nash in Surrey February 3rd.

Representatives of CUPE, the Canadian Friends of Burma (CFOB), and Cuso International delivered over 800 postcards to the Embassy of Myanmar today, as well as a letter from CUPE National President Paul Moist.

CUPE’s online Inflation Calculator has been updated with annual averages for 2011. This easy-to-use tool provides a calculation of annual inflation using the Consumer Price Index for all provinces and major cities in Canada.

The Political Action Committee of Local 333 and Local 114's Jeannie Blaney cooked and served several hundred burgers February 1st to hungry students of all ages today in support of The Day of Action for the Federation of Students at Camosun College Victoria as part of the National Day of Action to reduce student debt.

In the Toronto Star, Paul Moist discusses what he wants in a leader for his party, and for his country.

In an op-ed in The Tyee, Paul Moist and Maude Barlow outline the threats to Canada's water systems posed by the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), based on recently leaked documents.

Moving the goalposts (or shifting the goalposts) is a metaphor meaning changing the target of a process or competition by one side in order to gain advantage.[1] Contents  1 Etymology 2 As abuse 3 As logical fallacy 4 Feature creep 5 Other uses 6 See also 7 References  Etymology This phrase is a straightforward derivation from sports that use goalposts, such as football. The figurative use alludes to the perceived unfairness in changing the goal one is trying to achieve after...

Members of CUPE 3902, the union representing all 4,200 teaching assistants, graduate-student instructors, lab demonstrators, invigilators and writing instructors at the three U of T campuses, have rejected the tentative agreement reached by the Union and the University during conciliation.

In Canada, Black History Month was first celebrated in Toronto by Black railroad porters in the 1950s. It wasn’t until 1995 that the federal government officially recognized February as Black History Month, following a motion from Jean Augustine, the first Black woman elected to Parliament. In honour of Black History Month, CUPE National President Paul Moist and CUPE National Secretary-Treasurer Charles Fleury have issued the following letter to all CUPE chartered organizations. Please join us...

A gradual expansion of the Canada Pension Plan is the retirement security leadership the country needs. This type of leadership, however, won’t come from Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Harper’s strategy is to shrink the size of government and tell us what we can’t afford. By doing so, he avoids tackling the real retirement insecurity issue facing the country, and imposes a concession on the workforce of today.

This presentation, by CUPE economist Toby Sanger to the Ontario Commission on Public Services and Tax Fairness, argues that austerity measures will damage the economy, shows public sector pay is at reasonable levels and demonstrates that Ontario can reach a balanced budget by enhancing public services, equality and tax fairness. View the PowerPoint presentation.

Looking for a rundown of all the health and safety-related news from CUPE’s national convention? The latest issue of The Canary, CUPE’s health and safety newsletter, has you covered.

CAW Local 3000 as well as others are going to visit the downtown Vancouver Community Collage Campus to show our support on Feb. 1, 2012.     http://www.vcc.ca/about-vcc/contact-us.cfm     Please join us in supporting students between 11am & 2pm for scheduled events. As you are all aware, most students these days are working while they are going to school so that they can attempt to financially support themselves. Regardless of...

Family members say care is suffering at seniors homes that contract staff