On the eve of their fourth week on strike, developmental service workers have reached a tentative agreement with Community Living Port Colborne-Wainfleet. “I am proud of my coworkers and the strength of our Union,” said CUPE 2276 Vice President Cassie Bisson. “The work we do can be invisible to so many. But we weren’t willing to […]
At a noon rally today at Toronto Metropolitan University, striking custodial and maintenance workers were clear in their message – they are strongly united in their campaign for fair wages and a say in their pension, despite insults and misinformation coming from administration. The week began with TMU President Mohamed Lachemi crossing the picket line and
Unpaid work won’t fly. That’s the message that hundreds of CUPE flight attendants and supporters brought to events at airports in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, and Montreal on Tuesday as part of a National Day of Action against the widespread abuse of unpaid work in the airline industry. “Our members are tired of working a 10- or
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Bev Rumboldt hasn’t slept well since the strike at Community Living Port Colborne-Wainfleet began. With minimal communication from management about staffing issues, she’s anxious her daughter Brooklynne, who is 25, non-verbal, and has autism, isn’t getting the level attention she needs. “No parent wants to live with that worry or stress,” she says. Brooklynne has had
A boisterous noon-hour rally in support of striking CUPE 561 members had a strong message for the Crown corporation that contracts out transit services in the Fraser Valley: BC Transit needs to live up to its responsibility to provide public transit for the region and is failing the public by remaining outside the dispute. At the
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After silence from Toronto Metropolitan University management over the weekend, custodial and maintenance workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) started their first-ever strike Monday morning. “It’s been a frustrating process. All we’re asking for is wages that keep up with the cost of living in Toronto, and for a say in how
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“Water is life is like the air you breathe. It cleanses you. It quenches your thirst. It cleans your soul. It feeds you.” CUPE National Indigenous Council and CUPE 1880 member Dawn Bellerose is from Robinson-Huron Anishinaabe territory in Sault Ste. Marie. As an Indigenous woman in an urban centre, when she experiences issues with water at
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CUPE BC, the province’s largest union, is calling on Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim to reverse course on his process of decampments in the City’s Downtown Eastside (DTES). “The ongoing decampment in the DTES is the vision of Vancouver’s City Council and Mayor Ken Sim,” said CUPE BC President and Vancouver resident Karen Ranalletta. “The mayor’s tactics, forcibly
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Flight attendants represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) have launched the “Unpaid Work Won’t Fly” campaign, a national effort to end the widespread abuse of unpaid work in the airline sector that sees the average flight attendant in Canada work 35 hours every month for free. “Much of the Canadian public has no