Month: February 2025

CUPE President Mark Hancock calls for bold, public solutions at Prime Minister’s Canada-US Economic Summit

CUPE National President Mark Hancock joined the Prime Minister’s Canada-US Economic Summit today to bring a clear message on behalf of CUPE’s 750,000 members: we need bold, progressive, public solutions to the threats posed by Donald Trump’s tariffs. “When our jobs and our economy are under threat from billionaire oligarchs in the US, the answer isn’t …

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Manitoba’s largest health care union applauds government efforts to fix health care

CUPE, which represents 19,000 health care support workers in the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority and Shared Health, applauds the NDP government’s efforts to address the staffing crises, calling it a “huge relief” for front-line workers “The government’s recent announcement that they have exceeded their hiring goals for health care will have a huge impact for patient care and the …

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CUPE calls for public protections against Trump’s tariffs

US President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs would severely damage the Canadian economy, our public services and our way of life. These tariffs are not a one-off: they are part of a larger anti-democratic effort by his administration to solidify billionaire control over government, stoke fear and racism, and cement US imperialism in Canada and around …

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