May 2025

The union representing about 10,000 hospital and long-term care staff in Ottawa vowed to fight Mayor Sutcliffe’s plan to create ‘bubble zones’ that would prevent health care workers from exercising their charter rights and organizing demonstrations outside their workplaces. “We have a constitutional right to protest, and it must not be taken away,” said Michael Hurley, […]

After a disappointing budget announcement that skimmed over public education, the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) is calling for an immediate surge in funding to address the understaffing crisis in schools across the province. This budget does nothing to address the severe understaffing crisis plaguing Ontario schools. Despite a reported $2.6 billion increase to

CUPE’s national membership survey will be launching soon.  This is the third time we are doing this important work.  It will help us to better understand the demographics and diversity of our members, and how affordability challenges are affecting our daily lives. The data we collect from the surveys will help to inform the union’s bargaining

A bill before the Alberta Legislature will, if passed, allow for the operation and funding of hospitals by private, for-profit entities. Bill 55, The Health Statutes Amendment Act, lets the Health Minister turn hospitals over to private interests, and private operators and charge fees for services. CUPE Alberta President Raj Uppal joined NDP MLAs and other health

Instead of teaching and caring for children – as she has done for two decades – early childhood educator Amanda Quance is currently out of work. She was fired from Charlotte Birchard Centres of Early Learning (CBCEL), an Ottawa child care centre, after trying to organize her coworkers to build their power as part of

Members of CUPE 5430 attended question period in the Saskatchewan Legislature today and spoke to media regarding staffing, communication, and patient safety concerns coming from the Interventional Radiology (IR) department at the Regina General Hospital (RGH). IR plays a critical role in emergency and complex care and is southern Saskatchewan’s primary trauma centre. Out of 10

This week Saskatchewan education workers are gathering in Yorkton for their annual Education Workers’ Steering Committee (EWSC) conference. On the agenda are funding shortfalls, harassment, and violence in the workplace. Bargaining strategy is also being discussed as many locals throughout the province prepare for negotiations on the heels of job actions by their colleagues in

Sisters, brothers, friends, Today is the last day of the 2025 federal election. Millions of Canadians around the country are casting their ballots to elect their next members of Parliament. At a time when our sovereignty, identity, and values are under attack from both foreign powers, and within our own borders, the need to elect representatives

The 69th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) concluded with unions and civil society organizations playing a critical role in urging governments worldwide to step up progress on women’s rights and gender justice. CUPE actively participated in the meetings in New York City, represented by CUPE’s Regional Vice-President for

After being denied the chance to speak at a town of Esterhazy council meeting earlier this month, members of CUPE 5428 and their supporters were finally able to address the April 24th town council meeting, where they shared concerns over their employers’ recent bargaining actions. At the meeting the mayor moved the presentation to an