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Ontario education workers call for early bargaining to resolve underfunding and staffing crisis

The Ontario School Board Council of Unions, OSBCU, representing over 57,000 education workers in more than 60 locals across Ontario, are urging the Ford government and Education Minister Paul Calandra to begin collective bargaining with unions as soon as possible, as severe underfunding and chronic staffing shortages continue to harm students and education workers across Ontario.

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BC community health workers reach tentative agreement

After five days of negotiations, including a marathon session lasting twenty-four consecutive hours, your bargaining committee is proud to announce the Community Bargaining Association, CBA, has reached a tentative agreement with the Health Employers’ Association of BC, HEABC.  The CBA represents over 17,000 community health workers in seven constituent unions across B.C., including four CUPE locals with

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CUPE health science professionals in BC reach tentative agreement

BC’s 25,000 specialized health professionals reached a tentative agreement in the early hours of Friday morning, February 20, after almost one year of negotiations between the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association, HSPBA, and Health Employers Association of BC, HEABC.  Five CUPE locals representing about 1,200 members are part of the HSPBA. HSPBA members mandated the bargaining committee

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Provincial budget leaves workers cold, Nova Scotians vulnerable

Yesterday’s provincial budget revealed the disconnect between the Houston PCs and average Nova Scotians, says CUPE Nova Scotia President Alan Linkletter. “CUPE members from continuing care assistants to school custodians provide critical services to Nova Scotians, but they are facing unsustainable working conditions,” Linkletter said Tuesday. “The Houston PC government should be investing in the front-line care

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CUPE members remind parliamentarians that public services are what build Canada's strength and sovereignty

CUPE members from across Canada descended on Parliament Hill on Tuesday to bring a clear message to parliamentarians: public services are what build Canada’s strength and sovereignty. Hundreds of CUPE members met with MPs, Senators, and parliamentary staff from all parties as part of CUPE’s first annual lobby day on Parliament Hill. CUPE is calling on

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Ville de Kirkland outside workers announce 48-hour strike

The Ville de Kirkland’s outside workers announced their first two-day strike just over a month after the general assembly voted in favour of pressure tactics up to and including an unlimited general strike. About 40 workers will strike from midnight on Wednesday, March 4, to 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, March 5, for a total of 48 consecutive hours. The Syndicat

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Long-term care in Nova scotia is dying, and Premier Houston is letting it happen

President of CUPE Nova Scotia Alan Linkletter sent a letter to Premier Houston last week calling on this conservative government to stop ignoring the hardworking long-term care workers of this province and offer them a fair deal instead of lining the pockets of private companies. “Since Houston entered office, we have been overrun with examples of

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Dalhousie’s part-time architecture faculty join CUPE 3912

CUPE 3912 is pleased to announce that part-time faculty in the Architecture Department at Dalhousie University (Dal) are officially members of the local as of January 14, 2026, retroactive to November 2025. Architecture was one of only four departments at Dalhousie previously exempted from the part-time faculty collective agreement. With this change, only part-time faculty in computer science,

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Health care workers protest outside MPP Dave Smith’s office as funding cuts take toll on staff, patients

Health care workers represented by CUPE held a rally outside local Ontario PC MPP Dave Smith’s office in Peterborough in response to funding cuts by the provincial government. The government’s fall economic statement shows a plan to cut hospital funding by 10 per cent in real terms over three years by 2027-28 as projected spending fails

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