November 2023

CUPE has announced that its 2,100 flight attendant members at Air Transat have a strike mandate. It was approved during general meetings by a nearly unanimous vote of 99.8%, by far the highest tally in the history of the Air Transat Component of CUPE. The vote reflects the flight attendants’ exceptionally high level of dissatisfaction with […]

CUPE 389 members and the North Vancouver City Library have ratified a new three-year agreement that provides improved working conditions for CUPE members and enhanced library services for the community. “This round of negotiations, both the union and management engaged in open discussions. This respectful and collaborative approach allowed us to address concerns, find common ground, and work

Outside workers in the Municipality of Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac in the Laurentians refused to work overtime today to express their exasperation with the pace of negotiations to renew their collective agreement. The pressure will soon edge up a notch because, starting on December 1, 2023, the inside workers will be able to exercise the same type of pressure

At a general meeting last night, the inside and outside workers with the Town of Val-d’Or (CUPE 128) voted 98.4% in favour of pressure tactics up to an including an unlimited strike at a time deemed opportune. The collective agreement expired on November 30, 2022, and negotiations to renew it began on May 30, 2023. In

A “blue-ribbon panel” appointed by the Ford government confirmed in its report yesterday what university educators and staff have been saying for years: Ontario’s universities are the worst-funded in Canada. “We didn’t need the government to spend tens of thousands of dollars on a panel to tell us what we already know. Ontario universities receive far

While City Council started budget deliberations by giving themselves a compensation increase, the unions representing inside and outside workers at the City of Prince Albert stand united to demand fair wages that reflect their dedication to the well-being and prosperity of our community. “Budgets are about choices. This council is choosing to give themselves wage increases

After the recent reversal on the decision to close the Regina Lutheran Home, CUPE is calling on the provincial government to stop treating Saskatchewan seniors like an afterthought and create a long-term plan for long-term care. “The closure of Regina Lutheran Home should never have been on the table in the first place,” said Bashir Jalloh,

After consistent advocacy from the Ontario child care community, since the announcement of an $18 per hour wage floor in 2022, the provincial government has now been forced to increase the wage floor for RECEs in the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care, CWELCC, system to $23.86 per hour. “This change is a direct result of

CUPE says the introduction of federal anti-scab legislation marks significant progress in the fight for workers’ rights, but notes that loopholes need to be closed in order to prevent employers from circumventing the intent of the law. “For far too long, governments have had their thumb on the scale, giving bosses a huge amount of unfair leverage

The union representing Port of Quebec longshore workers salutes the federal government’s decision to table a bill to prohibit the use of replacement workers under federal jurisdiction everywhere in Canada, including in Quebec. By doing so, the Liberals are finally acting on one of the demands contained in their agreement with the NDP. It is worth