December 2024

More short-term half-measures from the Liberal government won’t help working families weather the current crisis or in the long-run, says CUPE. Unfortunately, the Fall Economic Statement issued today by the Liberal government misses the mark on delivering on affordability measures for working class people, and fails on addressing the housing crisis affecting so many families. “The […]

The City of Toronto’s outside workers, represented by CUPE 416 – Toronto Civic Employees Union, TCEU, have voted in favour of ratifying their new collective agreement on December 18.  This agreement covers nearly 6000 workers in the Outside Division. This agreement is a reflection to the hard work and dedication of our members and will ensure they are

From January 3rd to 5th a brand new interactive pop-up on Queen Street will show how bad flying could get for passengers and how bad things already are for flight attendants. The Unfair Canada parody experience shows an exaggerated look at the airline’s corporate greed with a set of “new features”. “Everyone has their frustrations with

CUPE Québec firmly condemns the Québec Labour Minister’s remarks made on December 23, once again threatening the right to strike. By choosing to launch his attack during the holiday season, Minister Boulet seems to hope his message will go unnoticed. Let him be warned: workers in Québec are no fools and will not forget this underhanded

CUPE’s Building Strong Locals Conference will help you build leadership skills, create ties with community allies, improve member engagement, defend public services against right-wing threats and bargain to win. The conference will welcome you on March 3 at 2:00 p.m., right after the National Young Workers Conference. You will learn about: Enhanced skills to lead with confidence Strategies

The goal of CUPE’s National Young Workers Conference is to promote learning and engagement among young CUPE members. It will offer young workers like you a platform to mobilize, organize and share ideas to build more dynamic and resilient locals. The conference will be held from March 2 at 8:00 a.m. until March 3 at

The decision to lay off 39 personal support workers at Guelph General Hospital is a grave mistake that will badly hurt workplace morale and harm the quality of patient care, said CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions, OCHU-CUPE. Guelph General staff and community allies held a rally on Monday morning in response to the hospital eliminating

Following the recent provincial election, child care workers in Nova Scotia are demanding action from the newly elected government to improve child care infrastructure in the province.  “This is an opportunity for our elected representatives to show us whether or not they value child care,” said Margot Nickerson, president of CUPE 4745, representing early childhood educators

Earlier today, CUPE and its allies held a demonstration in front of the National Assembly to once again denounce Bill 69 that opens the door to the gradual privatization of electricity services in Quebec. In addition to the rally in Quebec City, other similar events were organized in the four corners of the province, including Montreal,

Today, CUPE 2669, representing Saskatoon public library workers are announcing they have voted in favour of the tentative agreement offered by the employer. Members entered negotiations focussed on improving health and safety measures and increasing wages to match the cost of living. “We were prepared to fight for wage increases and health and safety provisions to keep