June 2022

Cihan Erdal thanking delegates to CUPE’s 2021 National Convention for their solidarity and support by video from Istanbul. One year after his release from prison in Turkey, CUPE is extremely concerned that CUPE 4600 member Cihan Erdal still can’t return home to his work and loved ones in Canada. The Canadian government must step up and […]

The Syndicat des Cols bleus regroupés de Montréal deplores the inaction by the City of Montreal regarding several cases that involve systemic racism and various forms of discrimination. Last March 29, the Plante administration took the opportunity afforded by a public meeting of the Commission sur le développement social et la diversité montréalaise and the Commission

Barrie, ON – JK Liu / CC–BY–SA-4.0 Municipal workers represented by CUPE 2380 have voted for a strong strike mandate of 99.5% as negotiations continue with the City of Barrie. The union represents close to 600 municipal workers who provide a range of public services including water and wastewater treatment, parks and recreation, financial and administrative

Front-line education workers rallied outside of the Muskoka Education Centre on Tuesday evening, urging Trillium Lakelands District School Board (TLDSB) trustees to reject the proposed 2022-2023 board budget because it contained staffing cuts that will harm the quality of education for students. “We’re bringing our pink slips to the school board meeting today, so TLDSB trustees

Workers at the Calgary Drop-In and Rehab Centre are calling on their colleagues to band together and unionize after facing years of unsafe working conditions, unlivable wages and a lack of fair and transparent hiring practices. Despite their invaluable community work, Calgary Drop-In staff are severely underpaid. Full-time caseworkers are paid below the Government of Alberta’s

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Annual Conference and Trade Show was back June 2-5 in Regina, Saskatchewan, with a unique hybrid format. More than 2,000 delegates participated in person, including some of CUPE’s National Executive Board and staff members.  CUPE had a strong presence at the municipal conference, holding valuable conversations with mayors, councillors and

A participant in a March 2022 protest in Brazil. They are holding a union sign warning of price hikes if Eletrobras is privatized, and urging everyone to oppose the sale, for the sake of the country’s future. CUPE is demanding that Canada’s largest public pension investment fund abandon plans to invest in an energy privatization scheme

(L-R): Ruth Pryce (Unifor), Yolanda McClean, Janice Gairey (CBTU Ontario chapter president emeritus), and Chris Campbell (Carpenters Union Local 27) with members of the Canadian caucus at the CBTU convention. In late May, CUPE representatives joined more than 520 delegates from the United States and Canada working for change at the annual convention of the Coalition

Connecting with members is a challenge for any union. As workplaces change and workers spend more time working in isolation, unions have had to adapt and explore new communications tools. CUPE 416, the Toronto Civic Employees Union (TCEU), is taking an innovative approach to reaching its members, and the public at large, with the launch

Several hundred striking croupiers with the Casino de Montréal demonstrated today at noon in front of Loto-Québec’s head office in Montreal to demand a fair collective agreement. They were accompanied by many other CUPE members from various areas of activity. “Each week we are out on strike costs Loto-Québec the equivalent of one year of added