Canadian Union of Labour Employees (CULE) members stand shoulder-to-shoulder with workers on May 1st International Workers Day! As CULE members we are proud to be part of building the workers’ movement in Canada. Each day we struggle to improve workers rights and conditions at the workplace and in our society. We see this struggle as [...]

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Are you on facebook? Join the CULE NO DEAL group!

The Employer’s letter of April 21, 2011 insinuated that CULE is attempting to maintain language (Article 23.08 (a)) in the collective agreement to make a further claim for double severance entitlement.  In fact, CULE is attempting to maintain language in the collective agreement which has been there for 34 years.  The Employer has never tabled [...]

Please download and read the NBoD Update on CULE Negotiations (pdf).

Here is a document entitled “Position of the Parties on the Outstanding Issues”. As a caveat: the document represents the last formal position of the parties that was not contained in a “without prejudice” package that had to be accepted in its entirety. Download it here (pdf).

CULE members in BC say “YES to a fair deal, NO to concessions!” and wear their CULE gear with pride … here are some photos. Does your RO have a message for the team or the employer? Send it along!

This morning at 2AM an impasse was reached with the Employer. We have requested that both the Provincial and Federal Conciliation Officers, who were assisting the parties, ‘book-out’ of the dispute. The clock is now running. We expect to be in a legal position to take strike action or be locked out on or about [...]

CULE members covered under the Ontario Labour Relations Act have voted 98% in favour of taking job action in the event that a settlement is not reached with the employer. Not to be outdone by their Brothers and Sisters in the South, CULE members covered by the Canada Labour Code (Whitehorse, Yellowknife & Iqaluit) have [...]

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A strike vote has been scheduled. Please read the following instructions carefully. If you have any questions, contact your Director. There will be two separate strike votes taking place at the same time. The first strike vote will be taking place under the Canada Labour Code legislation for the CULE Unit in the North. Unit [...]