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In the 14th week of a strike, the township of Black River-Matheson is effectively bargaining backwards with the 14 municipal workers who keep the roads safe, the arena operating, and the town running smoothly, says CUPE 1490. “We have held out for this long because we fundamentally disagree with their approach of robbing the next generation and […]

Radio-Canada has just learned that aluminum giant Rio Tinto will be developing a huge wind farm in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean to meet its own needs. Like the TES project in Mauricie where wind and solar energy is used to meet its hydrogen production, projects to privatize electricity production are in vogue. “The CAQ has been talking to us

With limited foster homes available, Highland Shores Children’s Aid ,HSCA, has been forced to place a youth in hotels and even Airbnb’s since November. The province-wide shortage of licensed spaces in foster homes and treatment facilities is leading more agencies to turn to hotels, motels, and Air bnbs. The children and youth who end up in these

Approximately 600 support employees with the École de technologie supérieure, ÉTS, staged a one day strike today. Their collective agreement expired on March 31, 2022, and negotiations began on November 30, 2022. Internal promotions, recognition of competencies, terms and conditions governing telework and wages are among the main issues. These employees represent 81 different professions in the professional,

They cause persistent or recurring pains most commonly in the neck, shoulders, forearms, hands, wrists, and elbows. RSIs are an all too common cause of CUPE members’ suffering.   Internationally, the last day of February is recognized as a day to raise awareness about repetitive strain injuries, and spread awareness about the importance of reporting symptoms and

CUPE is mourning the loss of Ed Broadbent, a progressive giant and a lifelong champion for workers’ rights and social democracy in Canada. As a political leader, Ed paved the way for progressive inroads in Canada’s Parliament, leading the NDP to one of its best-ever showings in a federal election in 1988. As a public policy intellectual,

CUPE Nova Scotia, representing approximately 11,000 health care workers across the province, is happy to see the provincial government making a tangible step toward improving our public health care system. These improvements, however, need to also be publicly operated. Underfunding, and recruitment and retention issues, have long put a strain on the system and the

The union representing more than 180 Lower Mainland transit supervisors remains committed to reaching a deal with Coast Mountain Bus Company at the bargaining table. But CUPE 4500 says a deal must address critical workload issues and ensure that wages of all members working for Coast Mountain are in line with those of other TransLink workers.

Photo: Ville de St. Catharines sous license CC BY-SA 4.0 With the mayor of St. Catharines presenting a budget that included the privatization of forestry as an item, forestry workers, members of CUPE 150, are set to attend a council meeting to protect their jobs and services, and to ensure that forestry remains public.   “A sufficient

A new poll paints a grim picture about the future of Ontario’s health care system, as nearly 4 out of 5 hospital workers say they are not confident in this government’s plan to improve the sector and more than 2 in 5 are considering quitting their jobs.  The polling firm Nanos surveyed more than 750 hospital