January 2024

In a strong vote on Wednesday, staff at the Kitchener Public Library in Kitchener, Ontario voted to join CUPE.  “This is amazing. We have long felt the need to have a stronger voice in our workplace,” said Joseph Brannan, one of the library workers involved in the organizing drive. “There are challenges in our workplace, but we […]

CUPE welcomes the historic International Court of Justice, ICJ, ruling calling on the government of Israel to take “all actions within its power” to prevent a genocide in Gaza and ensure that its officials refrain from incitement to genocide.  The ICJ is the principal court of the United Nations. It settles disputes between states, in accordance

Today marks the 500th day that members of the union representing Quebec longshore workers have been locked out. On September 15, 2022, the Société des arrimeurs de Québec, SAQ, locked out the 81 longshore workers, who no longer wanted to work weekly schedules of 76 hours and over.   The port is continuing its normal operations because

CUPE expresses dismay at the recent announcement of private sector involvement in eight new wind farms in Quebec. Once again, the government has shown its intention to break Hydro-Québec’s monopoly instead of learning from its mistakes and taking over these wind farms in the interests of Quebec society.   “As far back as 2006, CUPE fiercely

The unions representing inside and outside municipal workers at the City of Prince Albert were notified that over 20 CUPE positions across the organization will be eliminated. “During recent budget deliberations, the city assured the public that their primary goal was to minimize tax impacts on residents without compromising existing services,” said Cara Stelmaschuk, recording secretary

CUPE 4500 and Coast Mountain Bus Company concluded mediation but were unable to reach a tentative agreement. Without a settlement in place, CUPE 4500 members will be withdrawing all services from Coast Mountain Bus Company at 3:00 a.m. PT, Monday, January 22 for 48-hours.  “With the help of our mediator, CUPE 4500 put in an honest effort to find some common ground with Coast Mountain. But we are still

After being locked out for 15 weeks, municipal workers in the Northen Ontario community of Black River-Matheson are now on strike after the Township ended the lock out by forcing a contract on the workers, says CUPE 1490. “Last week we overwhelming rejected the employer’s contract during a forced vote because it attacked our wages, especially

Radio-Canada has just learned that aluminum giant Rio Tinto will be developing a huge wind farm in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean to meet its own needs. Like the TES project in Mauricie where wind and solar energy is used to meet its hydrogen production, projects to privatize electricity production are in vogue. “The CAQ has been talking to us

In the 14th week of a strike, the township of Black River-Matheson is effectively bargaining backwards with the 14 municipal workers who keep the roads safe, the arena operating, and the town running smoothly, says CUPE 1490. “We have held out for this long because we fundamentally disagree with their approach of robbing the next generation and

Approximately 600 support employees with the École de technologie supérieure, ÉTS, staged a one day strike today. Their collective agreement expired on March 31, 2022, and negotiations began on November 30, 2022. Internal promotions, recognition of competencies, terms and conditions governing telework and wages are among the main issues. These employees represent 81 different professions in the professional,