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Put under trusteeship by the Commission municipale du Québec from March 2023 to October 2025, the municipal township of Godmanchester, Quebec has been experiencing a particularly tumultuous period. The work climate among municipal council members and employees has generally been described as difficult and worrisome for several months now. Township employees opted to join CUPE at […]

CUPE 1983, representing the 4,500 bus drivers, metro operators, station agents and paratransit drivers at the Société de transport de Montréal, STM, is favourable to the administrative labour court’s ruling that no bus or metro service will be provided during the November 1 strike.  STM and the union reached an agreement concerning essential services in the

It is a dark day for Quebecers. The CAQ government’s Bill 3 is attacking the unions head-on; yet, unions are the primary institution defending the middle class and Quebec’s social model. This is an authoritarian tactic by which a collapsing government interferes with how trade unions are run, with the goal of disrupting their functioning. “We’re the

Saskatchewan’s health provider unions came to the legislature yesterday to call for a new contract. Members of CUPE, SEIU-WEST, and SGEU gathered on the steps of the legislature to call for a new collective agreement three years after the previous agreement expired. “We’re standing here today at the legislature to send the provincial government a message:

Ontario Health atHome announced that it was reconsidering the timeline for its four-day-a-week, return-to-office plan — a clear response to the growing pressure from CUPE members who spoke out together. But less than 24 hours later, the employer issued another memo reversing course and announcing that staff will now be expected to return to the office

CUPE 1699 workers issued 72-hour strike notice at 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, which means the union will be in a legal position to begin rotating job action on Saturday afternoon.  “Workers across the region deserve basic respect in the workplace,” said Daniel Burke, President of CUPE 1699, “they want the district to recognize

The District of Squamish in southern British Columbia has announced a lockout of its employees who deliver public services across the community. While the District refers to it as a “partial lockout,” the union representing workers says there is no such thing—a lockout is a lockout. As a result, once the lockout took effect at

The union representing staff at Cornwall’s Glen Stor Dun Lodge, in southeaster Ontario, are holding another rally outside of City Hall this evening to keep pressure on city council to reverse the staffing cuts at the care home. The rally is the third action taken by the union to call public attention to the dangerous

CUPE stands in solidarity with CUPW members as they return to the picket lines after the government’s announcement of a plan to allow Canada Post to end home delivery, slash delivery speed and shutter post offices across the country. “After months of stalled negotiations, this announcement is another example of this government interfering in the process

CUPE child care workers along with Secretary-Treasurer Candace Rennick were on Parliament Hill today calling for a national child care workforce strategy. Rennick and the National Child Care Working Group delivered thousands of petitions to Patty Hajdu, Minister of Jobs and Families, and Anna Gainey, Secretary of State for Children and Youth before sitting down with