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Five more CUPE locals representing over 2,000 education support workers have voted to take job action. These results are unofficial until validated by the Alberta Labour Relations Board. The groups include: Local 40, Calgary Board of Education (800 custodial and maintenance employees), voted 94.5% in favour of job action. Local 520, Calgary Catholic School District (350 custodial and maintenance […]

Striking education support workers are taking to the airwaves with two new video ads in support of their campaign for better classroom supports. The videos, produced for CUPE, are part of a $1.4 million campaign the union has launched.  Over 4,000 education support workers are on strike in the Edmonton region and Fort McMurray, with over

US President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs would severely damage the Canadian economy, our public services and our way of life. These tariffs are not a one-off: they are part of a larger anti-democratic effort by his administration to solidify billionaire control over government, stoke fear and racism, and cement US imperialism in Canada and around

CUPE, which represents 19,000 health care support workers in the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority and Shared Health, applauds the NDP government’s efforts to address the staffing crises, calling it a “huge relief” for front-line workers “The government’s recent announcement that they have exceeded their hiring goals for health care will have a huge impact for patient care and the

CUPE National President Mark Hancock joined the Prime Minister’s Canada-US Economic Summit today to bring a clear message on behalf of CUPE’s 750,000 members: we need bold, progressive, public solutions to the threats posed by Donald Trump’s tariffs. “When our jobs and our economy are under threat from billionaire oligarchs in the US, the answer isn’t

On the eve of the provincial election, a line-up of stretchers outside Queen’s Park symbolizes the crisis in Ontario health care: 2.5 million citizens without a family doctor Palliative homecare patients dying without painkillers and medical supplies 250,000 people waiting for surgeries, 11,000 of whom died on the waitlist Nearly 50,000 people waiting for long-term care 1,860 people on stretchers

Days after the City of Ottawa announced $10.5 million in federal funding to help bring homeless individuals out of the cold, frontline shelter workers have delivered a powerful message to their employer. A supermajority of workers from seven shelters operated by Carefor signed a petition outlining the urgent crisis facing both staff and services. The number

Following the sending of a strike notice calling for a two-day strike on February 4 and 5, 2025, discussions have taken place with the employer’s representatives, and although a tentative agreement has not yet been reached, union members are moving toward a settlement. As a result, the strike slated for February will not take place. “Negotiations

CUPE is calling out Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and businessman Kevin O’Leary for their efforts to sell out Canadian workers and sovereignty. Smith has been working hard to sabotage efforts to defend Canadian workers against Donald Trump’s tariff threats. Meanwhile, Kevin O’Leary has been meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate about making Canada effectively the 51st

Hydro-Québec unions have joined forces to guarantee all workers the right to collective bargaining. CUPE 957 (Syndicat des technologues d’Hydro-Québec), CUPE 1500 (Syndicat des employé(e)s de métiers d’Hydro-Québec), CUPE 2000 (Syndicat des employé(e)s de techniques professionnelles et de bureau) have filed applications with the Labour Tribunal (Tribunal administratif du travail), to modernize their union certifications. Essentially, the unions