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Whether it’s housing, health care, or the climate crisis, the 2024 federal budget acknowledges the problems facing working people in Canada – but the solutions offered fall far short. “The Liberals are offering ‘thoughts and prayers’ at a time when working families in this country are drowning in sky-high housing and food costs,” said CUPE’s National […]

CUPE has harshly denounced the employer’s refusal to sit down at the bargaining table over the past 100 plus days to resolve the lockout at the Port of Quebec, now in its 19th month. “The situation is flat-out illegal. The employer is refusing to negotiate while clearly indicating to the union that activities, in any event,

When North Bay women are in crisis and experiencing domestic violence, they find safety at Nipissing Transition House. But today, in an open letter delivered to the board of directors, workers at NTH made clear that they themselves face a crisis and that their services are not meeting the needs of women and families. Frontline relief

 For the first time in seven weeks, there is a potential deal in sight for workers on the picket lines at York University in Toronto. The bargaining team representing academic workers at the university reached a tentative agreement with their employer Sunday night. Details of the agreement are not being released pending ratification.  Members of CUPE 3903

Hospital and long-term care workers represented by Ontario’s largest hospital union elected a new executive board on April 11 with a strong mandate to fight back against the government’s policies of underfunding and the privatization of surgeries and diagnostics. Michael Hurley and Sharon Richer were acclaimed as the president and secretary-treasurer of CUPE’s Ontario Hospital Council

The conference will start with a meet and greet at 4 p.m. on Monday, October 7, followed by an opening plenary at 6 p.m. The conference will end at noon on Thursday, October 10. The National Sector Council Conference brings together members from across the country to share information about work in their sectors. The conference

Air Canada recently released its annual report and held a shareholders meeting where they boasted of their current financial success. The Air Canada Component of CUPE, which represents more than 10,000 flight attendants with Air Canada and Air Canada Rouge, noted that the report failed to mention the amount of unpaid labour that the company’s

Manitoba’s largest union is applauding the NDP government’s first budget, which should help address chronic under-staffing in healthcare, childcare, municipal services, and education.  “Hiring 600 health care aides will help fill the staffing holes created by the previous government”, said Gina McKay, president of CUPE Manitoba. “We hear every day from health care support staff across

Front-line workers at the Group Health Centre in Sault Ste. Marie say they desperately need a real wage increase if the health centre doesn’t want to lose more staff. In January, the Group Health Centre announced that eight physicians would be leaving the centre at the end of May, leaving 10,000 patients in the area

There is a network of nurses and personal support workers doing hundreds of in-home healthcare visits to seniors across eastern Ontario every day. It appears seamless, except the infrastructure behind that network – the 70 health administrators who schedule visits, book appointments, manage sick calls and more – is cracking. Those health administrators, members of CUPE