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THIS Thursday, April 25 at 7pm @Wolf and Hound! To celebrate another successful year of teaching and marking, your union would like to offer you each a free drink at the Wolf and Hound this Thursday.  Located at 3617 West … Continue reading →

The Liberals just aren’t into you. Learn more from CUPE BC about your failed relationship with Christy Clark and the Liberal Party of BC at www.youcandobetter.ca! If you’re a Canadian citizen and have lived in BC for more than six … Continue reading →

Exciting news! We’ve moved our office! We can now be found in McGavin amid the engineering and health sciences buildings! We’ll give you more updates as the office gets set up and we get a phone number etc., but in … Continue reading →

In case you are wondering how to get your tax forms from UBC, here are some instructions. How to download your T4 Statement: Log-in to the Faculty and Staff Self-Service portal, using your Campus-Wide ID Login (CWL). If you are off-campus, you will … Continue reading →

Budget: Government makes $46M in cuts to higher education By Lindsay Kines Victoria Times Colonist Wednesday, February 20, 2013 The B.C. government stiff-armed all levels of education Tuesday with a provincial budget that froze block funding to public schools and … Continue reading →

A reminder that Monday the 11th of February is a *NEW* stat holiday in British Columbia! This day is listed in our collective agreement as a day off for TAs! You cannot be compelled by our employer to work or … Continue reading →

CUPE 2278 stands in solidarity with our Brothers and Sisters of CUPE 3338 who are still on strike at SFU. VANCOUVER – The BC Labour Relations Board has ruled that Simon Fraser University is guilty of bad faith bargaining against … Continue reading →

The CUPE 2278 membership voted 82 % in favour of ratifying the tentative agreement reached by the Bargaining Committee and the employer. Your executive thanks you for your participation and support.

The ratification vote will be conducted Thursday by secret ballot at the ratification meeting in Woodwards 2 beginning at 4:00pm. We will start with a presentation by the exec on the deal, followed by an extended Q&A session. Voting will … Continue reading →

First of all, thank you for your patience in waiting for the details of our new tentative agreement. As you can see, it is not the deal we wanted – there is no cost-of-living adjustment, no child care fund and … Continue reading →