More than 2,000 delegates are attending the Canadian Union of Public Employees’ five-day bi-annual convention, starting today at the Vancouver Convention Centre.
The focus of this year’s convention will be preparing strategies to strengthen public services, and defend collective bargaining rights and the right of Canadians to strike.
Union members are concerned about the Stephen Harper government’s vow to step in to prevent Air Canada workers from going on strike.
“Canadian workers are facing unprecedented attacks on their rights,” said CUPE’s national president Paul Moist in a release. “As Canada’s largest union, CUPE must be prepared to unite, stand up and say, ‘No more.’”
Glen Korstrom
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