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UBC’S OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER | OCTOBER 4, 2012 | VOLUME XCIV| ISSUE X
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Campus unions
prepare for strike
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Laura Rodgers News Editor
CUPE 116, the union local representing service workers on UBC campus, filed 72-hour strike notice Monday morning. The union will be able to begin job action by 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 4. According to a telephone information line set up by the union local, CUPE 116 is planning job action on a
“rotating and escalating basis.” The message tells union members that only those who are contacted by the union executives will be engaging in job action, and all other members should report to work as usual. The union local represents Campus Security workers, food service employees, tradespeople, parking clerks and student housing service workers. The local has been without a collective agreement with UBC for over two
years. Negotiations between the university and the union have stalled, with the union expressing dissatisfaction with UBC’s most recent proposal for modest wage increases. The union names job security, benefit improvements and cost of living protection as areas where they are still dissatisfied with UBC’s offers.
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