CUPE Local 1978 has between 1,400 and 2,000 members depending on the time of year and represents four bargaining units:

• Capital Regional District
• Island Health (Health Science Professionals at Vancouver Island Health Authority)
• West Shore Parks and Recreation
• Greater Victoria Housing Society

Members work all across the Gulf Islands and the southern end of Vancouver Island.

Bargaining is the Local’s main focus at present. The HSPBA unions (CUPE, BCGEU, HEU and PEA) are in their third round of negotiations with the employers in the Health Employers’ Association of BC (HEABC). Our Local 1978 executive member Angela Wheeler is part of the bargaining committee.

The CRD Bargaining Committee was “at the table” with the CRD and its bargaining agent, the Greater Victoria Labour Relations Association (GVLRA), ten times from March to June. We have another meeting scheduled for September. A summary of the proposals that we summitted is on our bargaining page.

We bargained with the employer at West Shore Parks and Recreation and reached a settlement in October, 2021. Please see our bargaining page for a copy of the new collective agreement.

We we will not accept concessions or two-tier workforces. To do that we will need your support and involvement throughout the bargaining process. Together we win! Are you in? Please contact us to get involved.