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Voters in the recent federal election raised housing as a major concern across the country. Unfortunately, the new Liberal government seems intent on following an old and failed playbook on the housing crisis that prioritizes private sector profit over ensuring everyone has a safe and affordable home. The new minister for housing, Gregor Robertson, has already […]

The union representing bargaining unit employees at the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, WSIB, announced that they will remain on the picket lines this morning. The members of OCEU/CUPE 1750 initiated legal job action on May 21 after talks stalled at the bargaining table ahead of the midnight deadline. The key issues on the table are

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

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,

Ontario’s largest union condemned the failure of the Ford Conservatives’ budget to meet Ontarians’ needs with a dramatic expansion of public services that would build communities, create jobs and improve lives. “Doug Ford still masquerades as Captain Canada. But as far as Ontarians are concerned, ‘elbows up’ should be about public services, the opportunities they provide

Ford’s announcement that $4 billion in rebates will be paid out to Ontario employers is lauded as a positive step for Ontario, but this is a misdirection. The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, WSIB is not taxpayer funded. Employers pay premiums to ensure that when workers get injured on the job, they have coverage 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

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

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

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