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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

Close to 100 CUPE Québec members braved the cold to welcome the CAQ caucus, which was holding its meeting at the Manoir Saint-Sauveur this morning. CUPE would like to reiterate the importance of public services in Quebec. Patrick Gloutney, President of CUPE Québec, expressed dismay over the CAQ’s positions. “The Legault government wants us to pay

A recent survey of Ontario Health atHome, OH atHome, community and in-home care coordinators, team assistants and system planners, represented by CUPE points to a health system restructuring that is failing to solve care and access gaps while deepening health service privatization. All these factors are further demoralizing staff who are dealing with increasing workloads

As we await the byelection for the Terrebonne riding seat left vacant following the resignation of MLA and Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon, the CUPE reiterates that the Legault government does not want to support public services but is intent on making Quebeckers pay. CUPE has launched a poster campaign in the Montreal suburb of Terrebonne sporting