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In votes held after membership meetings today, CUPE 561 transit workers in BC’s Fraser Valley have ratified a mediated settlement with First Transit, ending a strike that began 124 days ago. Picket lines are being taken down, and the 213 transit workers will begin the return-to-work process. The six-year agreement, which ends on March 31, 2026, […]

Workers at Bradford West Gwillimbury are on strike as of this morning after their employer failed to come to the table with a deal that respects the realities faced by Library workers in the community. “I’m disappointed that it’s come to this. Library strikes are rare in Ontario, but this employer left us with no choice,”

On July 13, CUPE 500, representing municipal staff at the Brady Road Resource Management Facility, including the landfill and 4R Winnipeg Depot in Winnipeg, provided a letter of support to the organizers and families who are calling for a search for MMIWG2S at the site. In our July 13 message we expressed that we are deeply concerned with the

To all CUPE chartered organizations: Dear Sisters, Brothers and Friends, In preparation for the Thirty-first Biennial CUPE Convention, please find enclosed: The OFFICIAL CONVENTION CALL Information about using PRONOUNS A letter explaining how DELEGATE REPRESENTATION at convention is determined CUTTING CONVENTION CARBON leaflet TRAVEL NOTICE contact information for booking travel with reduced fares to the convention. Early booking will ensure the best possible savings

Child protection workers and support staff at Family and Children’s Services of Lanark, Leeds and Grenville (FCSLLG) have been stretched thin by mounting workloads and have decided to walk the picket line to pressure their employer to invest in services for vulnerable children. After more than a year of bargaining between the nearly 100 members of

The union representing 9,500 flight attendants at Air Canada says Sunday’s tarmac fire at Trudeau International Airport in Montreal is a grim reminder of the risks that flight attendants face every day on the job, and the important role they play in ensuring passenger safety in the air – and on the ground. A vehicle caught

Canada’s largest union, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), is calling on the Trudeau government to stand strong in the face of bullying by tech giants Meta and Google, who do not want to pay their fair share to support local journalism in Canada. “Tech giants like Google and Meta have been making billions off

The Bank of Canada is kicking working families in Canada when they’re already down, and making an affordability crisis even worse with its latest interest rate hike. “Every time the Bank of Canada cranks up their interest rate, the big banks make out like bandits, the rich get richer, and the basics for working people like

Nearly 500 front-line child protection workers and support staff, members of the CUPE 2316, have ratified a new contract with the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto (CAST). While the deal averts a strike that was set to begin late last week, it does little to settle a sector struggling with burnt-out workers and unsafe conditions

The thirty or so blue- and white-collar employees with the Municipality of Oka located in the Deux-Montagnes RCM in the Laurentian region finally have their first collective agreement, which was signed today by representatives of the union and the municipality. This first contract, which runs for slightly more than five years, calls for wage hikes totalling