Mandate:
CUPE Alberta sectoral committees exist to co-ordinate activities of CUPE locals within the same area of the public service. The Education Committee works to plan bargaining strategy, public relations campaigns and government lobby efforts, as well as acting as an avenue for education locals to keep each other informed of their activities.
Members:
Kim Aschenbrenner - National Representative
The Edmonton Public School Board is making moves to prevent the advancement of big box day care centres onto school property.
CALGARY – The union representing custodial workers at the Calgary Board of Education are backing up a call from School Superintendent Naomi Johnson for the public to lobby the province for greater education funding.
A Reunion of all former and current CUPE Local 3550 Edmonton Public Schools Support Staff executive, members, retirees, Edmonton Public administration, CUPE representatives and our labour allies!!
The following CUPE members and staff were elected on Monday night...
Below is a list of all known CUPE members running for office in this year's municipal and school board elections.
Announced layoffs of over 600 full time equivalent staff at Edmonton Public Schools.
One hundred and sixty-five Educational Assistants working for the Medicine Hat Public School Board voted 78% in favour of becoming the newest members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees.
Closing five schools destroy communities and goes against education mandate
Edmonton Public School Trustees are considering the closure of another six schools. Speak out against more closures.
Teachers’ wage decision sets tone for other education workers
An average Alberta wage of $23.80 per hour sounds good.
The President of an education workers' union local applauded the news that the provincial government is building four new high schools with conventional financing.
CUPE wants a deal, Livingstone Range wants concessions
Decision to not fund wage increases means legal troubles for school districts
Local 3550 fears further cuts to education, services in fall. EDMONTON – Trudy Grebenstein of CUPE’s Local 3550 isn’t sitting back waiting for further provincial cost-cutting in the K-12 education stream
EDMONTON – The President of Alberta’s Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) congratulated the provincial government today for moving forward with new school construction; but urged the reconsideration of further P3 projects.
In the last round of bargaining, education workers negotiated a deal which tied their raises to the Alberta Average Weekly Earnings index. When the index came out with a higher rate than expected, the Conservative government balked at living up to their side of the deal. CUPE members have been expressing their opinions in the letters pages of local newspapers. Here are two samples:
Alberta will pay for four new high schools publicly, canceling privatized financing and upkeep plans.
Last week’s budget not enough to meet contract requirements: Union