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Western University and caretaking, landscape service and trades workers represented by CUPE 2361 have reached a tentative agreement that will end the six-week strike on campus. “We were able to reach an agreement that makes progress on key priorities, and we’re happy to be getting back to work,” said Steve Pepper, an electric motor mechanic and […]

Discover the comic strips based on stories collected from parents, workers and children. Child care workers aren’t babysitters, they do so much more than change diapers and play with children. It’s time to recognize their expertise and the value of the services they provide for children, parents and our entire communities.   It’s time to shine a light

The union representing Port of Montreal longshore workers (CUPE 375) announced that it has notified the employer that it will refuse to work overtime starting at 7 am on Thursday, October 10, 2024 for an unlimited period. “We are still bargaining with the help of two mediators from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service assigned to

Hortencia Zhagüi, Fanny Kaekat and Zenaida Yasacama (pictured front row L-R) with members of CUPE’s National Global Justice Committee. Ecuadorian Indigenous women defending land and human rights shared a powerful message of resistance with our Global Justice Committee as part of a recent solidarity tour. Hortencia Zhagüi, Fanny Kaekat and Zenaida Yasacama (pictured front row L-R)

Who owns and operates our hospitals and how hospital services are provided matters. Public hospitals cost less, provide better care, and serve the public good Did you know? Privatized health care poses a direct threat to patient care and services. But our governments are allowing private, for-profit companies to design, build, finance, and operate our hospitals in what

Let’s get together to talk about how we keep building an anti-racist union. This online meeting takes place Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, from 1-4 pm EST. It will be hosted by Debra Merrier, CUPE National Diversity Vice-President representing Indigenous workers and Aubrey Gonsalves, CUPE National Diversity Vice-President representing Black and racialized workers. The CUPE National Anti-Racism

Nearly 50% of health care support workers have been, or plan to, look for a new job, according to a survey conducted from over 5,000 support workers in the WRHA, Shared Health, Southern Health-Santé Sud, and the Northern Regional Health Authority.  Recruitment and retention of health care support workers should be a priority for government

Over 5,000 workers in Nova Scotia’s public schools are demanding action from the provincial government on issues affecting school support staff, students, and their families. The start of the new school year is already demonstrating the urgency to address understaffing, high workloads, and other factors contributing to the crisis of violence in Nova Scotia’s public schools.

Yesterday, Montreal-West outside workers, who are members of the Montreal union of amalgamated outside workers (CUPE 301), unanimously voted in favour of pressure tactics up to and including strike action.  “To get the deadlocked talks moving again, union members gave their union this mandate to support their bargaining committee. They have really mobilized to improve their

CUPE is calling on the federal government to resist pressure from CEOs and their conservative allies, and not intervene in the labour dispute at the Port of Montreal. Over 1,200 dockworkers at the Port of Montreal represented by CUPE have voted almost 98 per cent in favour of strike action if a fair deal can’t