CUPE has reached a tentative agreement for its members working at the University of British Columbia Aquatic Centre. CUPE 116, representing around 80 members at the Aquatic Centre, reached the deal with UBC last week. “Our bargaining committee is pleased with the tentative agreement and believe that we have achieved a fair and equitable deal for […]
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Canada’s largest union, CUPE, says a mandatory review of the Canada Infrastructure Bank must scrap the bank’s privatization mandate so it can meet community needs and tackle the climate crisis. Dominic LeBlanc, the minister responsible for the CIB, is legally required to review the bank every five years. CUPE has called out the secrecy surrounding the
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A day of action will be held on Wednesday, April 5th at 11:00 a.m. at multiple locations across Nova Scotia. The health care teams in long term care and counselors working in the Department of Community Services funded locations, represented by the Long Term Care and Community Services Coordinating Committee, will be gathering to spread
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The members of CUPE 2276 are proud to empower and support people with intellectual disabilities. But their employer won’t even ensure enough staff so workers can go home at the end of a shift. Instead of being able to reliably care for their own families and loved ones after an eight-hour day, these front-line workers are
A participant in a 2018 rally in Toronto holds a sign reading “Freedom to move, Freedom to return, Freedom to stay. #RefugeesWelcome.” Photo credit: John MacDonald/Flickr/CC BY 2.0 CUPE joins refugee and migrant justice advocates who are condemning the closure of the Roxham Road border crossing, following U.S. President Joe Biden’s visit. Roxham Road is the unofficial
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Union urges affected residents to contact BC Transit, demand action from First Transit. CUPE 561, the union representing striking Fraser Valley transit workers employed by the foreign-owned corporation First Transit, today shared some of the feedback they’ve received from members of the public expressing concerns about the job action’s negative impacts on their daily lives. The union
Developmental service workers in Ontario have decided they’d rather walk picket lines then be stuck on shift for days on end. After more than a year of bargaining between the roughly 100 members in CUPE 2276 and Community Living Port Colborne-Wainfleet (CLPCW), talks broke down on Wednesday. There was only one main issue outstanding, yet management
Frontline education workers, members of CUPE 4400, will attend a special meeting of the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) on Thursday afternoon to urge trustees not to cut already low, unsafe staffing levels. The committee is expected to discuss planned cuts to: special education supports for students; swimming pools instructors; and food services for kids. These would be on top
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The Saskatchewan Party government has signed a $6 million agreement with a Calgary based for-profit corporation, Canadian Surgery Solutions, to provide an undisclosed number of surgeries to Saskatchewan residents. Canadian Surgery Solutions is part of a national network of for-profit private surgical clinics owned by Kensington Capital Partners Limited, an investment firm with $2.6 billion in
Canada’s largest union, CUPE, says today’s federal budget falls way short on addressing corporate greed and even shorter on delivering help for working people and their families. “This budget is another win for the rich, and another tough loss for workers trying to put a roof over their heads and food on the table for their