Image Open image in modal After years of missed targets, today’s announcement of a four-year extension of the Canada-Ontario Early Learning and Child Care Agreement is a relief for families and the child care sector in Ontario – but falls short of the ambition needed to build the affordable, accessible and high-quality system Ontario families were promised. […]
Image Open image in modal Academic workers at the University of British Columbia have voted 95.4 % in favour of taking strike action. Representing more than 3,500 teaching assistants, tutors, markers, exam invigilators, instructors, and graduate academic assistants, CUPE 2278 says the union has exhausted all other options to reach a fair collective agreement. “UBC is
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Flight attendants at Flair Airlines have secured new compensation for work performed before flights, under an agreement reached between Flair Airlines and CUPE 4060. The agreement builds on gains CUPE flight attendants have made at other airline bargaining tables as part of the union’s Unpaid Work Won’t Fly campaign. “This is not the end of the
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Flight attendants at PAL Airlines are filing for conciliation with the federal labour board after bargaining has failed to produce sufficient progress on key issues. The flight attendants, represented by CUPE 5451, have been negotiating with PAL Airlines since the spring of 2025. Their previous collective agreement expired April 30, 2025. “Our members show up every day
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Image Open image in modal The courageous and tenacious fight by CUPE flight attendants to end unpaid work took centre stage at an international gathering of public sector union leaders mobilizing to defend and advance our rights. CUPE National Secretary-Treasurer Candace Rennick shared the story of how Air Canada and WestJet flight attendants built unstoppable campaigns
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Image Open image in modal This Tuesday evening, a tentative agreement was reached between Pascan Aviation and its 19 flight attendants, members of CUPE. The strike, which began on October 28, 2025, and lasted 323 days, has now been suspended. In the next few weeks, the flight attendants, members of CUPE 5490, will be invited to
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Image Open image in modal CUPE is warning the federal government against handing control of Canada’s major airports over to private investors, saying privatization will mean higher costs for passengers and more pressure on airport workers. Canada’s airports are critical public infrastructure. They exist to serve passengers, workers and communities, not to be profit centres for
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Image Open image in modal The Federal Court of Appeal has found that denying Employment Insurance (EI) supports to new parents who lose their jobs is discriminatory. The Liberals could have resolved this inequity years ago. Now the courts are forcing action. Workers are being denied EI for not having enough qualifying hours after returning from
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Image Open image in modal CUPE has submitted key priorities for Budget 2026 that include bold investments in public infrastructure and public services. This will help create good jobs, protect communities and lay the foundation for economic resilience in the face of Trump’s latest round of tariffs. This budget must prioritize people and public services
CUPE pushes to strengthen workers’ rights in submission to upcoming 2026 Federal budget Read More »