Month: January 2023

Five major Ontario health care unions are calling on the Ford government to not move forward with its plan to siphon provincial funding from public hospital care and hand it to private, for-profit surgical clinics, a risky venture that will cost Ontarians dearly and damage access to public care. The unions – CUPE/OCHU, Ontario Nurses’ Association, …

Ford’s plan to expand private clinics in Ontario will cost patients dearly, risk lives and significantly worsen staffing shortages, health care unions say Read More »

On January 31st, CUPE will be joining with community allies and our partners in the labour movement and the NDP to demand long overdue legislation to end the use of scab workers during labour disputes. Join us on Parliament Hill from 11:30AM-2:30PM on January 31st to make your voice heard! In March 2022, the federal government …

CUPE to rally on Parliament Hill for strong anti-scab legislation to defend workers' rights Read More »

CUPE, which represents the vast majority of flight attendants in Canada, is appalled by the news of the closure of the Air Transat base at Vancouver International Airport. As a result, more than 200 flight attendant positions will be eliminated. This very bad news is somewhat mitigated by the fact that all these flight attendants will …

Closure of Air Transat flight attendants crew base in Vancouver – CUPE in flight attendant protection mode Read More »

DynaLIFE Labs, a company contracted by the Alberta government to privatize health care services, is trying to take away a pension plan from its employees. The twist? DynaLIFE’s majority shareholder is the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS), a pension plan serving over half a million Canadians. In 2022, Alberta’s UCP government awarded DynaLIFE the contract …

“Greedy and hypocritical”: Calgary company owned by a pension plan taking away its own workers’ pension plan Read More »

CUPE is proud to announce the launch of a new book on the successful strike by 22,000 CUPE members in New Brunswick.  Bargaining Forward: The story of the 2021 CUPE Strike in New Brunswick details how front-line public sector workers stood together and won against a hostile government. Illustrated with full-colour photos, the book is written by …

Bargaining Forward: The story of the 2021 CUPE strike in New Brunswick Read More »

On this day in 2017, an Islamophobic white supremacist shot dead six Muslim men as they prayed at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City. Many more were injured. This terrorist attack affected and continues to afflict many families, friends, neighbours, and communities across Canada, leaving us all with a sense of horror and overwhelming sadness. In …

Wear a green square to show solidarity against Islamophobia Read More »

Why attend? Learn from experts, like CUPE’s Senior Economist Angella MacEwan, how to debunk conservative talking points on inflation, wages, and the economy. Build your skills with in-depth training on the elements of a successful campaign. Leave feeling inspired by success stories, political keynotes, and a strong sense of solidarity. This unique event will provide a space for labour …

Prairie Political Action Summit Read More »