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After a collaborative and constructive round of bargaining, CUPE 600 and the Government of Saskatchewan is announcing they have signed a tentative agreement with employees who deliver services to some of Saskatchewan’s most vulnerable people.  “As staff who provide services to clients with special needs and experiencing cognitive disabilities, we know first-hand how important the work we […]

School support staff across Nova Scotia have announced the upcoming release of a new report on the issue of violence in public schools, and a campaign to address workplace violence and the safety of staff and students. “With another school year on the horizon, we wanted to show Nova Scotians what we deal with in our workplace—in

Image by R.schneider101 from Wikimedia Commons Western University students may find picket lines on move-in day, after negotiations between the institution and its caretaking, landscape services and trades workers were unable to reach an agreement. Following a frustrating day of negotiations aided by a ministry-appointed conciliation officer, the workers, represented by CUPE Local 2361, filed for a

In light of ongoing functionality and payroll issues, CUPE 5430 is demanding a plan to fix the failing AIMS payroll system and ensure health care workers are being properly compensated, as many are missing hundreds of dollars on their paycheques. The Administrative Information Management System, AIMS, was designed to manage payroll, scheduling, human resources, and finances for

Child protection workers have never faced a crisis like the one they are currently in, with workers crying in their cars, on stress leave, or terrified that a lack of resources will lead to a child’s death. This explains the current strike at the Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa – but it also describes what

Over 140 Ontario organizations – including small and large child care programs from across Ontario, churches, francophone associations, labour unions, post-secondary and research institutions – have come together to send an Open Letter to Ontario Education Minister Todd Smith today in response to his recent letter to federal Minister Jenna Sudds asking her to further

On Thursday CUPE 894 workers reached a tentative agreement with Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario based Group Health Centre.   “We are pleased that we have been able to reach an agreement that we can present to our members,” president of CUPE 894 Tracy Fabbricino says. “All we want is to be able to serve our community the best we

On behalf of 10,859  Air Canada flight attendants across the country, the Air Canada Component of CUPE would like to thank Minister O’Regan for his work and congratulate the Honourable Steven MacKinnon on becoming the new Minister of Labour. Working in an industry that does not pay workers for the entire time that they are in

Hospital workers protested the Ford government’s rapid expansion of health care privatization outside Ontario PC MPP Lisa Macleod’s constituency office in Ottawa this morning. In June, the government announced it will nearly double private delivery of MRIs and CT scans. “The Ford government says the status quo isn’t working – but it’s a status quo of their own making,” said Michael Hurley,

The member of CUPE 1190, representing more than to 2200 general labour and trades workers in New Brunswick, gave a strong strike mandate of 84% of voters in favour.  This decisive result sends a clear message to the employer that workers want a fair deal, and will not accept the weak proposal made by the