VANCOUVER—Members of CUPE 1936 who work for Battered Women’s Support Services will be joining Aboriginal Service workers in solidarity tomorrow (December 4) for a strike action at the eastside office of Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society (VACFSS).

Aboriginal Service workers and social workers from VACFSS, who are members of the BCGEU, are taking job action on Tuesday to send a clear message to the B.C. government to stop putting vulnerable Aboriginal families last. The VACFSS office at 471 East Broadway (at St.

SURREY—Caring not-for-profit community workers who provide counselling, mental health, transition housing, but also family, children and immigrant services in Surrey are on strike today.

Striking workers have a message for Surrey-Panorama MLA Stephanie Cadieux: stop putting vulnerable families last! Striking workers will be protesting at Cadieux’s office at #120 – 5455 152nd Street in Surrey from 11am to 1pm.

Cadieux is B.C.’s Minister of Children and Family Development. Since 2004, the B.C.

BURNABY—Caring professionals at agencies that support children and adults with developmental disabilities and provide numerous other community services continued strike actions this week, with an action in Terrace on Tuesday (Nov. 6) and the Kootenays today and tomorrow (Nov. 7-8). Their message to the BC Liberal government:  stop putting vulnerable families last!

The following community agencies are on strike and behind picket lines today and tomorrow:

Wednesday November 7

• W. J.

PORT MOODY—CUPE members were among the large, multi-union group of community social services workers who took their job action to BC Liberal MLA Douglas Horne’s office yesterday.

The four-hour protest, which drew honks of support from passing motorists, called on the BC Liberal government to stop putting vulnerable families last and to start funding the sector properly.

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BURNABY—Caring professionals from three agencies that support children and adults with developmental disabilities and provide numerous other community services are on strike today (November 1) in Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam. The striking workers, including members of CUPE 1936, will be protesting outside BC Liberal MLA Douglas Horne’s office at 130 Brew Street, Port Moody from 10:30am to 1pm. Their message to the BC Liberal government: stop putting vulnerable families last!

Rally to be held today at Social Development Minister Moira Stillwell’s office

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Community social services workers mark first day of strike by picketing Christy Clark’s office

VANCOUVER—Community social services workers kicked off their job action on Tuesday with a spirited picketing of BC Liberal Premier Christy Clark’s constituency office in Vancouver-Point Grey.

Vulnerable families last on B.C. government’s priority list

BURNABY—Fifteen thousand community-based social service workers across B.C. are in a position to strike as of today, and rotating job action begins with a rally at Christy Clark’s MLA office in Kitsilano today starting at 10 a.m.

BURNABY—Strike action in Community Social Services is likely in the coming weeks, unless the government mandate regarding monetary issues changes significantly.

Public sector’s lowest paid employees slam BC Liberals, prepare for job action

VANCOUVER—After eleven long years of BC Liberal attacks on their sector, the province’s community social services workers—including 2,500 CUPE members—have served notice that they’re mad as hell and are not going to take it anymore.