January 2022

Graduates from NOMADESC’s 2021 Intercultural University of the Peoples in Colombia. This year, CUPE continued to work in solidarity with workers and communities in many countries and strengthen long-term partnerships through our Global Justice Fund. The fund is one way our union supports global movements for human rights, labour protection, peace, and justice. Through the fund and […]

“This is good news and we should all take a moment to celebrate the government’s public commitment to the universal child care system that early childhood educators and child care activists have lobbied government for more than 20 years,” said CUPE Nova Scotia President Nan McFadgen. “Today, the province announced the first reduction to parent

Photo credit: Mark King, CC–BY–SA 4.0 The union representing flight attendants at Sunwing Airlines says the company is neglecting the safety of its employees and its passengers by refusing to offer rapid test kits or PCR testing to employees. “If Sunwing cares about the well-being of its customers and its staff, they’ll fix this today,” said Rena

With the Ford Conservatives refusing to listen to the experts, driving us into yet another avoidable lockdown, CUPE Ontario has renewed its call for measures to keep Ontarians safe and supported. “This feels like the plot of that movie Don’t Look Up, where the political leaders ignore experts warning of the massive meteor headed directly for

Nova Scotia Public Health and the provincial government are failing workers and children in child care centres, says CUPE, representing over 200 early childhood educators (ECEs) at not-for-profit and profit child care centres across the province. “We sent a letter to Minister Becky Druhan yesterday asking for N95 respirators and rapid test kits (for staff and children), and

While the fifth wave of the COVID pandemic has caused most jurisdictions to require higher staffing levels at most long term care facilities, some Calgary operators are being forced to reduce hours to make up for the Alberta government’s funding gaps. CUPE Alberta says its members working at Intercare Corporate Group Inc. are having their hours