On June 14, 2023, CUPE Local 5047 President Chris Melanson made the following statement: After more than a month of job action, CUPE Local 5047 and the Halifax Regional Centre for Education have reached a tentative agreement. This agreement was made possible by the fierce determination of school support staff in HRM, whose strike action forced …
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CUPE Quebec is saluting everyone who is going all out to extinguish the blazes that are overwhelming citizens living in the regions of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Mauricie and the North Shore. Of course, CUPE Quebec tips its hat to the firefighters and emergency services on duty along with all municipal employees and blue- and white-collar employees who are …
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Toronto Education Workers/CUPE Local 4400 and the Toronto District School Board have reached a tentative agreement in collective bargaining for local terms and conditions. Ratification votes will be scheduled before the end of June for members to vote on new collective agreements covering employees in three bargaining units. When ratified, members will be entitled to …
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CUPE Quebec’s communications sector council (CPSC) has embarked on a publicity campaign in Ottawa at the end of this session of Parliament to remind MPs that anti-scab legislation is long overdue. “To restore the balance between the employer and the union at the bargaining table, anti-scab legislation is needed as soon as possible. Workers deserve more respect. …
A message from CUPE Airline Division President Wesley Lesosky for International Flight Attendant Day 2023: It has been an incredible year for our union and for our movement. We have truly emerged from the pandemic, which devastated our jobs and disrupted our lives beyond measure. We are back – and we are stronger than ever. There is …
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The intersection of Highways 7 and 11 in Mission, BC was the scene of a raucous roadside rally Thursday morning, as several dozen CUPE 561 transit workers and their supporters gathered with placards and banners, drawing honks and shouts of support from rush-hour commuters eager to see an end to the strike that includes a …
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