CUPE BC: University Locals Head to Mediation
Since no significant movement has happened at any of the ten CUPE university bargaining tables and the government/employer imposed deadline of March 31 is looming, CUPE has applied for mediation on behalf of all UCBC locals: UVic 917, 951, 4163; Royal Roads 3886; UBC 116, 2278, 2950; SFU 3338; UNBC 3799 and TRU 900.
All locals will be in mediation in Vancouver in the next week. We expect the employers will meet the unions in mediation in Vancouver to resolve outstanding issues.
[CUPE in B.C. represents 70,000 workers in more than 170 local unions and across many different sectors. In early 2006, more than 40,000 CUPE members are in bargaining or preparing to bargain. Another 20,000 members will see their agreements expire by the end of the year. Most locals are grouped in sectors, and there are varying degrees of bargaining coordination within each sector.
CUPE represents approximately 9000 support and teaching staff within the university sector. CUPE is the largest support and teaching staff union in the university sector with members located at UBC in Vancouver, Locals 116, 2278 and 2950; SFU in Burnaby, Local 3338; UVic, Locals 917, 951 and 4163, and Royal Roads, Local 3886, in Victoria; Thompson Rivers University (TRU) in Kamloops, Local 900; and University of Northern British Columbia (UVBC)in Prince George, Local 3799. CUPE also represents employees of the SFU Student Society, Local 2396, which bargains separately. ]
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