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On Friday, CUPE workers from across the province held a rally at the Regency Park Long-Term Care home in solidarity with seven long-term care staff who received layoff notices from the for-profit home operated by Universal Care.  The seven staff include two dietary aides, three personal support workers, one registered nurse, and one registered practical nurse. […]

North Vancouver Canada by Flying Penguin used under Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 CUPE 389 members who work for the District of North Vancouver have ratified a new three-year collective agreement. The agreement is a significant step forward in addressing both affordability challenges workers face and recruitment and retention issues.   “We believe that a well supported workforce

Representatives of  CUPE 4545, the union representing Laval outside workers, stormed out of the eighth bargaining session to renew the collective agreement of the 850 outside workers, which had expired on December 31, 2021. “Once again, the employer’s representatives turned a deaf ear to the demands put forth by the workers.  We needed a gesture of

CUPE 50 members have ratified a new three-year collective agreement with the British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, BCSPCA. The new agreement, reached earlier this month after three days of bargaining, is retroactive to January 2023 and expires at the end of 2025. Wage increases will range from 8 to 24% in year

After two days of face-to-face negotiations, CUPE 882 and the City of Prince Albert have reached a tentative agreement. The tentative agreement includes coverage for vision care for all employees as well as Employee and Family Assistance Program coverage expanded to include non-permanent employees. The wage offer from the employer remains the same, with a Memorandum

CUPE came into existence at its founding convention in Winnipeg on September 24, 1963. CUPE was created out of a merger of two large public sector unions following negotiations that took close to 6 years. The new union represented approximately 78,000 workers. Today, our membership is far larger, we are much better organized, and we are

Frontline public health workers put the mayors of Belleville and Quinte West, the board of health, and Premier Doug Ford on notice: ‘Just like Ontarians who were shortchanged with the Greenbelt, we will not back down’ CUPE public health workers at Hastings Prince Edward Public Health met with the health unit’s management back at the bargaining

The Alberta government report supporting the idea of breaking up the Canada Pension Plan is “another bad idea from a Premier known for bad ideas,” according to CUPE Alberta President Rory Gill. Gill said the report was ‘pure fiction’ when claiming Alberta could pull over half of the assets of the CPP into an Alberta only plan.

An historic petition has landed in the House of Commons, calling on the federal government to fix loopholes that allow airlines to require flight attendants to work an average of 35 hours every month for free. The petition was launched by CUPE’s Airline Division, and sponsored by NDP MP Taylor Bachrach, who serves as his party’s

Frontline public health workers put the mayors of Belleville and Quinte West, the board of health, and Premier Doug Ford on notice: ‘Just like Ontarians who were shortchanged with the Greenbelt, we will not back down’ CUPE public health workers at Hastings Prince Edward Public Health met with the health unit’s management back at the bargaining