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National Post
07-05-2025
- Business
- National Post
Sherry Hillier Re-Elected as CUPE NL President
Article content ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland and Labrador — CUPE Newfoundland and Labrador held their 51 st annual convention this week, hosting delegates from across the province. They came together to vote on resolutions on fighting privatization, supporting migrant workers, and lifting up young workers. Article content Article content This Wednesday, elections for several positions on the executive board were held, including the position of division president. Sherry Hillier was re-elected as president and will serve a two-year term. Article content 'It's an honour to be president of CUPE Newfoundland and Labrador and I am so thankful that my fellow members trust me to continue the work,' said Hillier. 'For the next two years, I will continue to fight for workers across the province, pushing for better wages, safer working conditions, and improved benefits for all.' Article content The positions of vice president, recording secretary, executive officer and 3-year trustee were also up for election. Article content 'Our new executive, a mix of old and newly elected delegates, will start our work in earnest,' finished Hillier, 'because that's what our fellow members deserve.' Article content Article content Article content Article content Contacts Article content Article content
CBC
17-02-2025
- Business
- CBC
CUPE latest group to back out of N.L. Education Accord, warning of creeping privatization
A second organization says it will no longer be participating in the Newfoundland and Labrador government's team tasked with overhauling the province's education system. CUPE N.L. president Sherry Hillier says she will no longer sit on the Education Accord's advisory board, over worries the government is dismantling the province's public education system. Hillier said the decision stems from a recent interim report from the group. "You can see the writing on the wall. It's talking privatization and cutting back of public sector jobs. It's a little sprinkle of the Green report, which reeked of privatization similar to the Health Accord, Education Accord," Hillier told CBC Radio's The St. John's Morning Show. CUPE N.L.'s withdrawal from the group follows Memorial University's Faculty Association president Josh Lepawsky announcement in January that he was stepping away. "We did reach out to MUNFA and talked to them on their concerns — basically, same as ours. And after much deliberation and getting the interim report, we felt it was just very fitting that we walk away from this," said Hillier. CUPE N.L. also walked away from the Health Accord following an interim report. Threat of P3 model Hillier said she's worried government will build schools using a public-private partnership, known as a P3 model. She said the newly opened Western Memorial Regional Hospital in Corner Brook, built with a P3 approach, should have had 200 beds but instead has 160 beds. She worries if the new Kenmount Terrace school is built on the P3 model, it won't be built to serve the necessary number of students. Her concerns over the future of N.L.'s education system go beyond just the K-12 education system and into post-secondary. She said CUPE N.L. would have given Memorial University a "failing grade" because of the hiring freeze announced late last year. "We know that the facility is falling down. There's actually a committee started up [at the] university called Fund MUN," said Hillier. She said MUN is eliminating jobs and people are retiring due to stress. "Is government going to look at making Memorial University a private university," she said. CBC News has asked Minister of Education Krista Lynn Howell for an interview. Voicing concerns violence in schools, and keeping jobs like driving school buses in the public sector. CUPE N.L. has approximately 1,000 members who work in the K-12 education system, in roles like custodians, secretaries and some bus drivers.
