Month: February 2023

As the Prime Minister and premiers met in Ottawa Tuesday to discuss increasing federal health transfers to the provinces and territories, CUPE joined community and labour allies for a rally to protect public health care on the doorstep of Parliament Hill. After three years weathering the COVID-19 pandemic and after decades of chronic underfunding, Canada’s health …

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A new survey of Canadian flight attendants from CUPE’s Airline Division shows that flight attendants in Canada are performing unpaid work for 34.86 hours per month, on average. The survey, which ran between December 10, 2022 and January 11, 2023, and received 9,807 responses, shows in detail just how rampant the issue of unpaid work has …

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CUPE is concerned that a mandatory review of the Canada Infrastructure Bank is happening behind closed doors, with no public input. Documents obtained through Access to Information suggest the Liberal government’s approach to reviewing the bank doubles down on the lack of transparency that defines the CIB and its privatization projects. Dominic LeBlanc, the minister responsible for …

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Participants in the solidarity meeting, which took place in late January. Photo: twitter.com/CSA_TUCA A solidarity gathering with Haitian unions has reinforced the need to respect the right of the Haitian people to decide their own future, and to support their efforts to end the crisis that has gripped the country. CUPE took part in the meeting …

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CUPE Ontario has pledged its full support to the coalition of five major health unions, including CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU/CUPE), as they gear up for a province-wide campaign of resistance to the Ford government’s “three-step plan” for privatizing hospital care services. “Our union will raise its voice on behalf of all 280,000 CUPE …

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“Canadian workers demand and deserve anti-scab legislation. With Bill C-302 tabled last fall, and federal consultations wrapping up today, we have the momentum for it. Now the federal government has to get the job done,” said CUPE National President Mark Hancock, at a press conference held on Parliament Hill today. At his side was Rosemont–La …

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New long-term care standards released today will only be useful if the Liberal government keeps its promise to give them the force of law, according to the Canadian Union of Public Employees, which represents 90,000 workers in long-term care.  “Voluntary standards did not protect the 17,000 residents of long-term care homes who have died so far …

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