COPE 378’s Take Back the Power campaign is continuing its outreach and community work at festivals, fairs and markets throughout BC this summer, attending two hugely popular festivals in Maple Ridge and Campbell River this past weekend.

Campaign mascot Mega Watt, now a mainstay at Vancouver Canadians games, was a big hit at the Maple Ridge Jazz and Blues Festival on Saturday and Sunday, posing for pictures with kids, handing out campaigns giveaways, and helping get the message out about the threats to our environment and economy of private power projects on rivers throughout BC.

COPE 378 joined with tens of thousands of other Vancouverites to Celebrate Gay Pride at the 2007 Pride Parade and Festival this past weekend.

Marching with the MultiUnion Pride delegation of Labour Activists, COPE 378 members, staff, and their families celebrated Vancouver GLBT communities in the parade and with a booth on the festival grounds at Sunset Beach.

The flagship COPE 378 blimp sailed high above the parade with blimp captain and COPE 378 Vice-President Bob Derby driving MultiUnion Pride’s float.

COPE 378 Executive Director Marilyn Bridges yesterday presented a cheque from COPE 378 to Surrey’s ‘Save Our Daughters’ coalition, which helps women who have faced abuse and campaigns to end domestic violence for women.

Bridges is a member of the COPE 378 Women’s Committee, which raised the $756 donation.

Also on hand for the presentation was Surrey-Green Timbers MLA Sue Hammell, who is one of the founding members of Save Our Daughters.

The event received extensive media coverage, and Bridges was featured on the Channel M Punjabi-language newscast on August 1.

Texada Island Natural Gas Megaproject: Too Dangerous, Too Expensive, and Too Dirty

Research shows project reduces self-sufficiency and takes unnecessary risks: energy sector union

August 1, 2007

COPE 378 is inviting members, friends, and families from all orientations to show their support for diversity and tolerance and join your union’s delegation to the 2007 Vancouver Pride Parade.

The Parade takes place on Sunday, August 5 2007 in Vancouver’s West End. Staring at 11:00 AM, the parade usually runs about 2 hours as it winds its way through downtown and finishes at Sunset Beach.

If you are joining the thousands of other music fans at Jericho Beach Park this weekend, make sure you stop by to say ‘hi’ at COPE 378’s Take Back the Power booth.

COPE 378 volunteers will be on hand all weekend to talk about our public power and the summer-long Rivers for Generations campaign.

COPE 378 will be located in the Community Village area of the festival grounds, located near stage 2, beside the bridge.

Bill C303 ensures that any federal dollars designated for childcare, is actually spent on childcare; in particular dollars transferred by the federal government to the provinces. The NDP, Liberals and Bloc Quebecois have all supported this legislation, allowing it to pass second reading in Canada' Parliament. Now the Bill progresses to the committee stage for review. 

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Government, TransLink Acting Outside of Legislative Authority; More "Cockroach Goverment," says Union.

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COPE 378 members at Pacific Vehicle Testing Technologies, a TransLink subsidiary that which administers the AirCare Program, have voted 100% in favour of accepting their new Collective Agreement.

The three-year agreement, which is effective from April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2010, includes a number of key provisions, highlights of which include:

- Wage increases of 3% per year, effective April 1

     - This year’s increase will be paid retroactively to April 1

- Increases in meal allowances

- Revision of the mileage allowance