January 2025

CUPE is calling out Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and businessman Kevin O’Leary for their efforts to sell out Canadian workers and sovereignty. Smith has been working hard to sabotage efforts to defend Canadian workers against Donald Trump’s tariff threats. Meanwhile, Kevin O’Leary has been meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate about making Canada effectively the 51st […]

Following the sending of a strike notice calling for a two-day strike on February 4 and 5, 2025, discussions have taken place with the employer’s representatives, and although a tentative agreement has not yet been reached, union members are moving toward a settlement. As a result, the strike slated for February will not take place. “Negotiations

Days after the City of Ottawa announced $10.5 million in federal funding to help bring homeless individuals out of the cold, frontline shelter workers have delivered a powerful message to their employer. A supermajority of workers from seven shelters operated by Carefor signed a petition outlining the urgent crisis facing both staff and services. The number

On the eve of the provincial election, a line-up of stretchers outside Queen’s Park symbolizes the crisis in Ontario health care: 2.5 million citizens without a family doctor Palliative homecare patients dying without painkillers and medical supplies 250,000 people waiting for surgeries, 11,000 of whom died on the waitlist Nearly 50,000 people waiting for long-term care 1,860 people on stretchers

A recent survey of Ontario Health atHome, OH atHome, community and in-home care coordinators, team assistants and system planners, represented by CUPE points to a health system restructuring that is failing to solve care and access gaps while deepening health service privatization. All these factors are further demoralizing staff who are dealing with increasing workloads

Close to 100 CUPE Québec members braved the cold to welcome the CAQ caucus, which was holding its meeting at the Manoir Saint-Sauveur this morning. CUPE would like to reiterate the importance of public services in Quebec. Patrick Gloutney, President of CUPE Québec, expressed dismay over the CAQ’s positions. “The Legault government wants us to pay

Hydro-Québec unions have joined forces to guarantee all workers the right to collective bargaining. CUPE 957 (Syndicat des technologues d’Hydro-Québec), CUPE 1500 (Syndicat des employé(e)s de métiers d’Hydro-Québec), CUPE 2000 (Syndicat des employé(e)s de techniques professionnelles et de bureau) have filed applications with the Labour Tribunal (Tribunal administratif du travail), to modernize their union certifications. Essentially, the unions

Hospital workers and community allies rallied at site of provincial budget hearing in Hamilton, calling on government to address health care woes In 2024, Ontario’s health care crisis reached new lows: the number of patients in hospital hallways hit a record high; ER closures broke a new threshold; the waitlist for long-term care beds peaked at

School support workers are raising an alarm over School District 73’s plans to use undertrained and underqualified replacements for education assistants in Kamloops schools. The union representing over 900 school support workers in SD73 says the plan is an attack on qualified school workers and a threat to the quality of supports available to over

As we await the byelection for the Terrebonne riding seat left vacant following the resignation of MLA and Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon, the CUPE reiterates that the Legault government does not want to support public services but is intent on making Quebeckers pay. CUPE has launched a poster campaign in the Montreal suburb of Terrebonne sporting