Santa and Sinclair Show Up at BC Fed Christmas Eve Dinner

A free ride to a free dinner. That's what the BC Federation of Labour offered for its 12th annual Christmas Eve dinner at the Maritime Labour Hall in Vancouver. A free City bus left every half hour from the Carnegie...

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,...

Evidence Tampering in CUPE Police Complaint

A former secretary to two CUPE Presidents has evidence that a "WORKPLACE HARASSMENT' notation beside her name in police files was changed a year after she was investigated and the case closed.  The notation was changed to...

Former CUPE Secretary to Cross Picket Lines

A former secretary to two CUPE Presidents says she'll cross CUPE picket lines. CUPE, she says, expects rights and benefits for their members that they have denied their own secretaries. In Dec. 2002, CUPE arranged for Vancouver Police Constables Megan Herrmann and Kevin Ng to...

Jim Sinclair's Santa hat triggers crime memory

Jim Sinclair of the BC Federation of Labour turned up at the annual Labour Christmas Eve turkey dinner wearing his Santa hat. But that Santa hat triggered memories of a secretary accused of a crime against CUPE. Full story at: Downtown Eastside Enquirer

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