August 2023

CUPE 2403 members at the Dawson Creek Municipal Public Library have ratified a new, four-year collective agreement. The new contract, which is retroactive to January 2023, is a major step forward in addressing affordability for some of the lowest paid public sector workers. “Workers in community libraries have lower wages and fewer benefits than people imagine, […]

Following an incident where an operator of a piece of heavy equipment rammed into their picket line, hitting municipal workers on strike, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 71 has condemned what they call an attempt to shift blame onto them. “We have a legal right to set up picket lines, and we’ve done so safely

Municipal workers in Cochrane, Ontario, are on strike as of this morning after rejecting an agreement, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). “We were able to push the employer in the right direction on a few key issues, but wages are still a major issue,” said Lyne Nolet, President of CUPE 71, representing the

The Canadian Union of Public Employees submitted a report on behalf of Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) and employees of child care centres in Nova Scotia, who have overwhelmingly expressed their desire for a defined benefit pension, not a registered retirement savings plan (RRSP). CUPE’s report also highlighted several pension plans that would better serve ECEs

CUPE 905 library workers on the picket line CUPE is disappointed that the Canadian Urban Libraries Council (CULC) is excluding workers’ voices from its ad hoc Safety and Security Working Group. CUPE, which represents 10,600 public library workers across Canada, had sought to participate to ensure the perspective of workers was present in the working group’s