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This afternoon, 96% of CUPE 5561 members — which represents maintenance support staff at the Corporation de l’École des hautes études commerciales de Montréal, HEC — voted in favour of a tentative agreement with the university. “This was a long round of bargaining. We had to push back against a large number of employer demands attempting […]

Today’s announcement from the University of Regina that they will be terminating the fee collection agreement with the University of Regina Students’ Union, URSU, completely fails to mention the students or workers impacted by this decision. The agreement oversees the transfer of fees collected by the university on behalf of URSU, who use it to

Donald Trump has ramped up his attack on workers and our way of life in Canada with aggressive tariffs on Canadian industries and the workers who keep them running. As many as one million jobs in Canada could be lost as a result, which would send shockwaves through the economy that would leave no community

Written b‎y:‎ Shauna MacKinnon, Catherine Lussier  and Mark Hancock   In the face of political and economic threats from the United States, most Canadians agree on two things: Canada’s sovereignty is non-negotiable, and Canada’s housing crisis will worsen with Trump’s tariffs in effect. Rents have skyrocketed, vacancy rates are at an all-time low, and homelessness is higher than

Mark Hancock, our National President and Candace Rennick, our National Secretary-Treasurer will host this important conversation and will be joined by CUPE staff and other guests to provide you with updates about the situation unfolding right now, to discuss CUPE’s responses and to hear directly from you on the call. We will provide an election

On March 19, the Windsor-Essex Children’s Aid Society laid off 26 workers – about 10% of their non-management staff, putting the safety of children at risk, say CUPE members working at the agency. The CAS also targeted their Leamington Office for closure at the end of this month – an additional blow to the Essex County area. “This

Saskatchewan is facing a health care crisis, but Scott Moe and the Saskatchewan Party government are planning to spend less on health care than they did last year. Last year, the Saskatchewan government spent $8.022 billion on health care. The current budget allocates $8.004 billion in spending – a cut of $17.1 million. “How can Scott Moe

The news from Gaza that Israel has resumed indiscriminate bombing of the civilian population is horrifying. The death toll, more than 400 people in less than 24 hours, is beyond comprehension. There can be no justification for this violence, or any semblance of political or military support from Canada. Nothing less than an immediate two-way

With the repeal of the “Pension Sustainability and Transfer Act” being tabled earlier today, a key piece of the 2023 legislation from the Higgs government, that violated Charter rights to override freely negotiated collective agreements to attack the pensions of New Brunswick education and nursing home workers may be undone. “Our members work hard every day

CUPE 1638, the Syndicat des employés manuels de la Ville de Québec, and its allies held a demonstration in front of City Hall to denounce the Marchand administration’s inaction in the current negotiations and its use of the notion of internal equity to justify the stalling of talks. “The Ville de Québec justifies its inaction by saying