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Michael Hurley, president of CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE); Sharleen Stewart, president of SEIU Healthcare; and Kelly-Anne Orr, assistant to the national officers of Unifor released the following joint statement today in response to the Ontario Court of Appeal ruling on Bill 124: “We are pleased to see the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld […]

CUPE Ontario welcomed the news today that Ontario’s Court of Appeal has denied the Ford government’s appeal of the earlier decision to strike down Bill 124, the wage restraint legislation that was ruled unconstitutional in 2022 by Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice. The union also called on the Conservatives to repair the damage caused by Bill

Following a one-month tour of general meetings, tentative agreements for education sector support staff and professional personnel in the school service centres and CEGEP support staff were accepted by just 58% of the membership.   “This result reflects our members’ major disappointment over the government’s failure to recognize the work by support staff. It opted to

In a vote yesterday, electrical workers at the Toronto Transit Commission delivered an unequivocal message when they voted 99.3 percent in favour of strike action if the employer does not return to the bargaining table with a reasonable proposal. “We love working at the TTC. We’re huge supporters of public transit. But at the same time

©Frank Kovalchek Photography, under a Creative Commons license. Flight attendants at Lynx Air have voted to join the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), where they will join forces with 18,500 flight attendants from ten other airlines across Canada. “We’re thrilled to be joining CUPE, where we’ll have the support and the resources we need to achieve

The federal government’s first attempt to regulate the fast-growing use of artificial intelligence is fundamentally flawed, and it’s vital to get this new law right. In a brief to the parliamentary committee studying Bill C-27, CUPE outlines changes to the legislation that will protect workers and public services. Artificial intelligence uses technology to make decisions or

CUPE expresses dismay at the recent announcement of private sector involvement in eight new wind farms in Quebec. Once again, the government has shown its intention to break Hydro-Québec’s monopoly instead of learning from its mistakes and taking over these wind farms in the interests of Quebec society.   “As far back as 2006, CUPE fiercely

Today marks the 500th day that members of the union representing Quebec longshore workers have been locked out. On September 15, 2022, the Société des arrimeurs de Québec, SAQ, locked out the 81 longshore workers, who no longer wanted to work weekly schedules of 76 hours and over.   The port is continuing its normal operations because

CUPE welcomes the historic International Court of Justice, ICJ, ruling calling on the government of Israel to take “all actions within its power” to prevent a genocide in Gaza and ensure that its officials refrain from incitement to genocide.  The ICJ is the principal court of the United Nations. It settles disputes between states, in accordance

In a strong vote on Wednesday, staff at the Kitchener Public Library in Kitchener, Ontario voted to join CUPE.  “This is amazing. We have long felt the need to have a stronger voice in our workplace,” said Joseph Brannan, one of the library workers involved in the organizing drive. “There are challenges in our workplace, but we