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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

On Monday, September 22 at 5 a.m., CUPE 4317 went on strike at the Port of Montreal after the 32 agents at the Montréal Gateway Terminals filed a strike notice on Thursday. On September 11, the workers voted 96% in favour of a strike. “Discussions are stalling over contracting out and wages,” said CUPE representative Loïc Blanchard. “What’s more, no

CUPE held a press conference to condemn double-digit salary increases given to senior Saskatchewan Health Authority, SHA, executives while frontline health care workers represented by CUPE 5430 have gone nearly three and a half years without a wage increase.  “These executive raises are a slap in the face to the thousands of dedicated health care workers

The federal government must keep its word to reinstitute an Employment Insurance (EI) Board of Appeals that includes worker representatives. Workers help fund our EI system and workers must play a central role in how the money is allocated and how claims are administered. In 2012, Stephen Harper’s Conservative government eliminated the EI Board of Appeals

After years of difficult negotiations, the Syndicat des cols bleus de Laval (CUPE 4545) is announcing that it has finally reached a tentative agreement with the employer. “The negotiations were not easy, but we did it!” said President Louis-Pierre Plourde. “We hadn’t had a wage increase for four years. The talks lasted for years, forcing us to resort