CUPE Strike: Lucy's Labor Pains

The Carnegie Learning Center is in a tough spot during the current strike of Canadian Union of Public Employees in Vancouver. It is on the third floor of the Carnegie Center, a building operated by CUPE members...

CUPE Boss Asked to Settle with Secretary

Paul Moist, President of CUPE National, sent a letter to striking Vancouver civic workers on July 23, 2007 in which he stated:“In short, we want fairness and to date this has not materialized….”With the language Moist was using, he could have been a secretary.For years,...

VPL Cuts Internet to Poor

Downtown Eastside residents eager for computers have been denied access to the fourteen computers on the 3rd floor of the Carnegie Centre during the strike by civic workers.  They have also...

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