UBC Clerical Workers Win Maternity Benefits, Plaque
This bronze plaque is located inside the CUPE 2950 office at UBC, 6253 NW Marine Dr., Vancouver, BC. It was developed with the support of CUPE 2950 – UBC Support Staff.
The plaque was cast at Ornamental Bronze, a unionized foundry in Richmond which has operated since 1928. It was unveiled on November 13, 2018.
This is one of many Plaques around the Province, a project of the BC Labour Heritage Centre which aims to recognize events, actions, episodes, movements, or experiences that played a significant role in the history of the labour movement and working people in all regions of British Columbia.
UBC Clerical and Library Workers Lead the Way for Maternity Benefits
The plaque reads: In 1974, years before other Canadian unions won maternity leave benefits in collective agreements, the Association of University & College Employees (AUCE) Local 1 at UBC made history. In their first collective agreement UBC clerical and library workers achieved contract language that provided fully funded maternity leave for their members. It was a breakthrough not just for workers at UBC but for families across the country. AUCE Local 1, with feminist and socialist roots, joined the Canadian Union of Public Employees in 1985 and is now known as CUPE 2950. BC Labour Heritage Centre 2018 Union Made CUPE 2950