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Canada’s largest union, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), says there will be no meaningful improvement to housing affordability as long as the Liberal government excludes the expansion of public housing as part of the solution. CUPE is calling on the federal government to fund new public housing units at a scale required by the […]

Indigenous, Black, and racialized CUPE members and allies are invited to a national gathering on September 23, hosted by CUPE’s national diversity vice-presidents. Register now and spread the word! The event will be hosted by Debra Merrier, CUPE National Diversity Vice-President representing Indigenous workers and Aubrey Gonsalves, CUPE National Diversity Vice-President representing Black and racialized workers. Putting the anti-racism

The City of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan is holding an emergency meeting to discuss increasing the wages for out-of-scope supervisors. “The city’s rationale for the emergency meeting is concerning. They say that they need to implement wage increases immediately because out-of-scope wages have fallen behind. But what do they say to their own employees who are barely

Back in 2007, media conglomerate Québecor and its CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau locked out 100 Journal de Québec employees, including journalists, advertising salespeople, press operators and office staff. In response, the workers, who were members of CUPE, resorted to a very original pressure tactic. They decided to publish and distribute their own newspaper, the MédiaMatin.  Have

The Airline Division of CUPE is sending its solidarity and support to members and communities facing the threat of forest fires in British Columbia and the Northwest Territories. The City of Yellowknife has been under a full evacuation order, while communities across British Columbia are under serious threat from raging wildfires as well. “Some of our flight

The Alberta government announced today that medical laboratory services provided by DynaLIFE will be transferred back to Alberta Precision Laboratories (APL), a subsidiary of publicly owned Alberta Health Services (AHS). DynaLIFE’s message to all staff stated, “This transition to AHS will allow resources to be more effectively deployed across the province, enhancing patient care.” “This is

CUPE members are experiencing wildfires that are increasing in number and severity. These fires and the smoke they create harm everyone’s physical and mental health, especially equity-seeking groups like Indigenous populations and people with disabilities. Even if workers are far away, the bad air quality from wildfires can still affect them, both indoors and outdoors.

Library workers returned to the bargaining table with the town of Bradford West Gwillimbury on Wednesday, after the employer signalled there was a new offer to discuss. However, despite two more days of negotiations, it was made clear the employer has not heard the concerns of library workers over the last 28 days. “We went back

CUPE 1251, representing over 600 members mainly working in provincial correctional facilities in New Brunswick, welcomes the recent announcement regarding the potential addition of correctional officers to the list of workers benefiting from presumptive post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) legislation.  WorkSafeNB has just launched a public consultation to seek input on whether the government should pursue

Despite ample evidence from across Canada that the privatization of garbage collection is not a cost-effective alternative to publicly managed services, the Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM) has recently begun accepting pre-qualification submissions from private companies without first notifying CUPE, who currently handles their garbage collection. “They didn’t notify us that the contract was being offered