Month: July 2024

Technological innovations are transforming workplaces across Canada and around the world. Digital systems, new technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) are spreading quickly throughout our society, including in public services and public sector workplaces. The use of these systems and tools is expected to increase rapidly. The impacts of AI systems and other digital technologies depend on …

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It is challenging to be a child care operator in Doug Ford’s Ontario. With no roadmap to solve the workforce crisis and zero financial transparency since the province signed on to the $10-a-day child care program, operators have been left running deficits. The announcement from one of Toronto’s largest child care providers that they plan …

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The 190 members of CUPE 4835, the Syndicat général du cinéma et de la television, SGCT, who work at the National Film Board of Canada, have a new collective agreement. The new deal was signed electronically on June 20 and initialled on July 4. “Negotiations went well. We had to merge two collective agreements into one, …

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Today, members of CUPE 966 addressed Region of Peel councillors over concerns about the Ford Government’s secrecy around recommendations made by the Peel Transition Board, including the possibility of privatizing necessary public services like the region’s water and wastewater.  “While Doug Ford has backtracked on plans to dissolve the region entirely, plans for the future of …

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Supportive Employment Program, SEP, Leads at WISH Drop-In Centre Society in Vancouver, British Columbia have unionized with CUPE 1936, a multi-unit local of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, BC’s largest union. “CUPE 1936 is pleased to welcome Supportive Employment Leads into our membership,” shared CUPE 1936 President Sheryl Burns. “Our local is grateful to have the …

New chapter of inclusion and recognition: Workers from WISH Drop-In Centre Society join CUPE Read More »

Sudbury Catholic District School Board workers are joining CUPE after a successful majority vote and certification at the Ontario Labour Board. The approximately 270 new CUPE members at Sudbury’s Catholic District School Board include Educational Assistants, Early Childhood Educators, administrative assistants, social workers, speech pathologists, chaplaincy leads and more. “I am thrilled that we are finally …

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Etobicoke General Hospital is moving ahead with privatization of housekeeping, waste management, laundry, and portering services despite strong opposition from staff represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees. Earlier in June, the union organized a demonstration after hearing about the hospital’s privatization plan, which will impact 224 jobs. “The hospital is making a big mistake …

“Profit-taking will undermine patient safety and lead to higher death rates:” CUPE reacts to Etobicoke General Hospital’s decision to privatize housekeeping and ancillary services Read More »

Support and service staff employed by Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services and represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) have gathered over 1,400 signatures on a petition demanding that the Furey government meet to discuss ongoing recruitment and retention issues. “The simple truth is that we don’t get paid well and people are leaving …

Union: Health care support and service workers are being left behind Read More »

CUPE 1190 held a press conference to announce that the New Brunswick Labour and Employment Board just declared a formal impasse in contract talks between the union and the provincial government. CUPE 1190, which represents over 2100 members such as labourers, park employees, mechanics, equipment operators, maintenance repair workers, maintenance, and tradespeople, has expressed frustration over …

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