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The City of Toronto’s outside workers, represented by CUPE 416 – Toronto Civic Employees Union, TCEU, have voted in favour of ratifying their new collective agreement on December 18.  This agreement covers nearly 6000 workers in the Outside Division. This agreement is a reflection to the hard work and dedication of our members and will ensure they are […]

More short-term half-measures from the Liberal government won’t help working families weather the current crisis or in the long-run, says CUPE. Unfortunately, the Fall Economic Statement issued today by the Liberal government misses the mark on delivering on affordability measures for working class people, and fails on addressing the housing crisis affecting so many families. “The

The goal of CUPE’s National Young Workers Conference is to promote learning and engagement among young CUPE members. It will offer young workers like you a platform to mobilize, organize and share ideas to build more dynamic and resilient locals. The conference will be held from March 2 at 8:00 a.m. until March 3 at

CUPE’s Building Strong Locals Conference will help you build leadership skills, create ties with community allies, improve member engagement, defend public services against right-wing threats and bargain to win. The conference will welcome you on March 3 at 2:00 p.m., right after the National Young Workers Conference. You will learn about: Enhanced skills to lead with confidence Strategies

Today, CUPE 2669, representing Saskatoon public library workers are announcing they have voted in favour of the tentative agreement offered by the employer. Members entered negotiations focussed on improving health and safety measures and increasing wages to match the cost of living. “We were prepared to fight for wage increases and health and safety provisions to keep

Earlier today, CUPE and its allies held a demonstration in front of the National Assembly to once again denounce Bill 69 that opens the door to the gradual privatization of electricity services in Quebec. In addition to the rally in Quebec City, other similar events were organized in the four corners of the province, including Montreal,

Following the recent provincial election, child care workers in Nova Scotia are demanding action from the newly elected government to improve child care infrastructure in the province.  “This is an opportunity for our elected representatives to show us whether or not they value child care,” said Margot Nickerson, president of CUPE 4745, representing early childhood educators

The decision to lay off 39 personal support workers at Guelph General Hospital is a grave mistake that will badly hurt workplace morale and harm the quality of patient care, said CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions, OCHU-CUPE. Guelph General staff and community allies held a rally on Monday morning in response to the hospital eliminating

Over 1000 education support workers in CUPE 2559 and CUPE 2545 are on their second day of picketing as negotiations remain stalled by the Government of Alberta’s constrained bargaining directives to school divisions. “The provincial government is controlling what school divisions can agree to in wages at the bargaining table and restricting education budgets, effectively squeezing the

Last night, workers with the Town of Val-d’Or, represented by CUPE 128, voted 91% in favour of accepting the tentative agreement reached with the town. The contract, which runs from December 1, 2022 to November 30, 2029, calls for a wage hike of no less than 21.5% along with the incorporation of a new salary scale to