My name is Brenda Langman, and I represent the Tri-City Unforgettables - a fundraising team for the 2011 Walk For Memories.  Our team is comprised of six women from Coquitlam City Hall and the Coquitlam RCMP detachment, who have a Parent or Grandparent currently afflicted with Alzheimer's Disease.

On November 29th CUPE BC President Barry O'Neill announced that the CUPE BC's caucus of delegates to the BC Federation of Labour's 2010 Convention had voted to not participate in the BC Fed convention.  Instead, CUPE BC delegates will attend a 3-day CUPE Caucus meeting in Vancouver concurrent with the Federation's convention.

Later in the day Barry O'Neill issued the following statement:

Employee Assistance Program

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For more info please contact EAP toll free, 24 hours a day, seven days a week:

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CUPE members work in hundreds of occupations that help keep communities strong. We work for municipalities, school boards, airlines, hospitals, nursing homes, libraries, colleges, universities, social service agencies, health care organizations, the ambulance service, public utilities, and other public institutions.

CUPE in BC represents 70,000 workers in more than 170 local unions and across many different sectors. Nearly every community in the province has one or more CUPE locals. We are the largest union in BC.