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CUPE President Mark Hancock greets prize draw winner and County Grey Councillor Dane Nielsen, along with FCM president and Vancouver City Councillor Rebecca Bligh, and NEB members Karen Ranalletta and Sherry Hillier. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities held its annual convention and trade show  May 29 to June 1 in Ottawa, convening municipal officials from across […]

Personal Care Workers at Villa Colombo Homes for the Aged Inc. are on strike as of Wednesday, May 28. CUPE 5525 members in the Supportive Housing Unit have been negotiating with Villa Colombo for over a year and have reached an impasse with the employer. “Throughout the pandemic, Villa Colombo staff worked tirelessly to keep residents

Home support workers represented by CUPE 3953 from the Victorian Order of Nurses of Cumberland County voted in favour of a strike mandate, with 100% of those who voted authorizing a strike. “We’re proud to join the rest of the CUPE home support workers by voting in favour of the strike, but we’re disappointed it’s come

The union representing technical, professional and office employees of Hydro-Québec (CUPE 2000), which represents 2400 members, has announced that it has reached a tentative agreement. No other information will be made public until members have had a chance to read the details in the new contract. A tour of general meetings with members in the various regions

Community, environmental, civic and labour organizations, in cooperation with Sémaphore, illuminated a wall in downtown Montreal to denounce the excesses of Bill 69, An Act to ensure responsible governance of energy resources and to amend various legislative provisions. Concerned that the Minister of Energy is passing the legislation section by section while disregarding the concerns of

CUPE 417 is proud to announce the ratification of a new Memorandum of Agreement, MOA with Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools, RDCRS, representing union members of unit 417-08 who work as vital educational assistants, librarians, and school secretaries in the region’s Catholic school system. Key highlights of the agreement include a wage increase of 3% retroactive

In the first day at the negotiating table in more than two weeks between Canadian Hearing Services, CHS, and CUPE 2073, there were zero proposals exchanged, and no bargaining to speak of. CHS came without a plan move forward, instead bringing list of demands to members, including an end to the public campaign that’s seen dozens

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