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Hospital workers will be holding a demonstration in Ottawa on Tuesday morning, demanding City Council abandon plans for a ‘bubble zone’ by-law that would squash their right to protest outside hospitals. The protest is being organized by the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions, the hospital division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, OCHU-CUPE, which represents […]

CUPE Manitoba, the province’s largest union, is excited to announce the launch of a new educational initiative designed to help kids better understand the important roles public sector workers play in their communities: We Work for Manitoba: A Kids’ Activity Book on Public Workers. The children’s book highlights the wide array of public services that sustain

CUPE has released its submission ahead of the 2025 federal budget, calling on the government to strengthen public services, and build a fairer, more sustainable economy that prioritizes people, not corporations. Canadian jobs and public services are under threat by Donald Trump’s economic sabotage. Now is not the time for Prime Minister Mark Carney to pile

The union representing 20,000 flight attendants across Canada says Sunday’s emergency evacuation of an Air Canada flight in Denver is just the latest example of how flight attendants are not compensated for their most important safety duties. The flight was evacuated by the dedicated (and unpaid) crew after an electrical burning smell was identified onboard. “Airlines

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In reaction to the government’s back-to-work order issued to Air Canada flight attendants over the weekend, CUPE National President Mark Hancock and CUPE National Secretary-Treasurer Candace Rennick held a press conference in Toronto on Monday, August 18. The national officers said they would not obey the back-to-work order and that they won’t back down until

CUPE 1328, which represents over 2,000 education workers across the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB), is urgently calling for the board to hire hundreds more education workers following a damning Global News investigation revealing a 77 per cent rise in violent incidents in Ontario schools since the Ford government came to power. Sharron Flynn, president

The Liberal government under Mark Carney has done incalculable damage to the Charter and workers’ rights by siding with Air Canada to crush the rights of flight attendants at Air Canada. Today, Minister of Jobs and Families Patty Hajdu used Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code to intervene on behalf of Air Canada to

A new investigative report by Global News has exposed a dramatic 77 per cent rise in violent incidents in Ontario schools since the Ford government took office—confirming what education workers have been sounding the alarm on for years. With over 4,400 violent incidents reported in the 2023–24 school year alone, the Ontario School Board Council

Flight attendants at Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge have reached a tentative agreement, achieving transformational change for our industry after a historic fight to affirm our Charter rights.  Unpaid work is over. We have reclaimed our voice and our power. When our rights were taken away, we stood strong, we fought back — and we secured a