Workers on the picket lines handed out cake on Saturday in honour of Nellie McClung’s birthday. Born October 20, 1873, the Canadian suffragist and social reformer lived in Victoria in her later years. McClung was one of the five women in 1929 who were successful in their peitition to the courts to include women in […]
For the first time in history today, Victoria Public Library workers shut down every branch for a full day in pursuit their own bargaining agenda.
At 11:30 we joined together and marched down Douglas Street to Centennial square for a rally. Our media release for this event is now on line, and CUPE B.C. already has […]
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Our second job action took place on , September 13 2007, for three hours from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. All branches were be closed. After we returned at 5:00 p.m. the branches remained open until our normal closing time.
We announced a seven calendar day suspension of further job action, to wait for a call […]