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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

CUPE members in B.C. and across Canada remember and honour John Horgan, a leader who stood by working people every step of the way.   As Premier of British Columbia, he and his diverse team at the B.C. NDP fought tirelessly for affordable public services, worker rights, a fairer economy, and a sustainable future. He was seen

Last week members of CUPE 5399, which represents over 120 health care workers at the South Riverdale Community Health Centre (SRCHC) in Toronto’s east end, were able to reach a deal after months of negotiations.  CUPE 5399 was scheduled to hit the picket line early November if a deal had not been reached. Health and community

Why are workers working harder than ever before, but still struggling to get by? Will austerity policies make life more (or less) affordable for workers? As we head towards a federal election, how will the different parties’ make life more (or less) affordable for workers? Join CUPE Senior Economist Angella MacEwen and CUPE Senior Researcher Sylvain