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A thousand workers at the University of Toronto, including maintenance workers, caretakers, groundskeepers, veterinary technicians, residence and foodservice staff, and others voted 93% in favour of a strike if their employer does not take action to address the rising cost of living and provide a living wage. “The cost of rent keeps going up. The price […]

Dozens of municipal workers from Toronto, members of CUPE 416, and striking members of CUPE 1490, were headed to a Black River-Matheson council meeting when they heard the news that it was cancelled. “The Township is trying to force a new wage grid that slashes wages on average, $2/hour less for new hires,” said Serge Bouchard,

The agreement reached on December 29, 2023 between the Town of Prévost, in Quebec, and representatives of firefighters with CUPE 7161, SPQ-CUPE fire services sector, is no longer in force. The management of the fire department unilaterally decided to restore a policy of using firefighters from a neighbouring municipality, that it implemented last December. The

CUPE joins five other unions calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to reinstate funding to the main aid agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza and throughout the region. In a joint letter, the unions urge the Canadian government to reverse its decision to suspend funding to UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine

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