CUPE’s National President Mark Hancock sent the following letter to Minister of Labour Seamus O’Regan, about the legal strike of WestJet’s mechanics: Dear Minister O’Regan: I write to express my concern with your statement on June 29 following the Canada Industrial Relations Board order upholding the WestJet mechanics’ right to strike. The right to strike is protected under …
At a meeting of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, committee members Susan Leblanc and Lisa Lachance of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party showed their support for school support workers across the province by using their time to ask questions on behalf of CUPE, whose representatives have been excluded from testifying at the meeting. Committee members discussed the …
Thanks to the advocacy and hard work of flight attendants across Canada, legislation has hit the floor of the House of Commons to ban unpaid work in the airline sector – less than three weeks after CUPE’s Airline Division held a lobby day on Parliament Hill to demand change. Bill C-409 would change the Canada Labour …
The report released today by Auditor General Kim Adair describes a workplace violence crisis in public schools across Nova Scotia. Titled “Preventing and Addressing Violence in Nova Scotia Public Schools”, the report echoes research completed by CUPE Nova Scotia that was ignored by the office of Education & Early Childhood Development Minister Becky Druhan. CUPE Nova …
Big changes are coming to the way the federal government taxes the profits of the super-rich in Canada. As of June 25, what’s known as the capital gains inclusion rate will increase from 50% to 67% on capital gains realized annually above $250,000 for individuals and all capital gains for corporations. What exactly does that mean? In …
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Prevention is better than cure and community-based mental health supports are meant to help before families break down. Workers at Yorktown Family Services – members of the Toronto Civic Employees’ Union, CUPE 416 voted unanimously in favour of a strike vote yesterday. This vote by workers at Yorktown Family Services reveals a crisis within one …
Campus safety workers at York University, north of Toronto, held a press conference on Friday, June 14 at Calumet Circle on campus. Members of the union spoke alongside CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn and Ontario Federation of Labour President Laura Walton. The press conference was part of a longer public outreach event and information picket. CUPE …