

VICTORIA – Eliminating daytime custodial services is an ill-conceived plan that will leave Victoria schools less clean and healthy, lead to increased spread of common illnesses, and more student and staff absences due to illness, says Victoria school support workers. The Canadian Union of Public Employees local 382 is calling on Victoria School District 61 …





Are you an Education Assistant substitute hired to work for the school board? Are you working everyday? Is the ADOS system working for you? Are you receiving phone calls? If not, we want to know. With employee shortages around the district, specifically EAs, your union executive would like to address these issues with our employer …



Personal protective equipment is designed for men. This means it can be hard for women to get PPE that fits appropriately. As part of CUPE’s ongoing work on this issue, the Health and Safety Branch is asking all members who use PPE at work to fill out a new survey from the Canadian Standards Association. The survey is part of a research project on …

From the Black Excellence Day website: After supporting “Black Shirt Day,” which received overwhelming support around the world on January 15, 2021, the members of Ninandotoo Society created the Black Excellence Day initiative. We chose to create our own event after consulting with various community members, including Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre, and BC Human …



