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Last night, CUPE workers reached a tentative agreement with the government. This round of provincial bargaining saw member representatives from each sector involved, including those in health care, school boards, public libraries, NL Housing, transition homes and group homes, and the Government House, who came together to negotiate for their counterparts across the province. Ratification votes will take place […]

Budget 2023, should have taken a stand against corporate greed by taxing excess profits of corporate giants like Loblaws, who posted $529,000,000 in profits in the 4th quarter of 2022, while 5.8 million Canadians – including 1.4 million children – were experiencing food insecurity. Taxing excess corporate profits would curb corporate profiteering, saving working people money

“Just because we have clean drinking water today, doesn’t mean we will still have it tomorrow.” CUPE National Indigenous Council and CUPE 1500 member Nathalie Claveau is from the small Innu community of Mashteuiatsh, on the shore of Lac Saint-Jean , Quebec. She’s dedicated to protecting water, along with the rights of those who don’t have access

Workers from across the Niagara region will swell the picket line of CUPE 2276 on Wednesday as part of a solidarity rally. Developmental service workers at Community Living Port Colborne-Wainfleet have been on strike since Friday, March 31, fighting for an end to their employer’s neglectful policy of leaving workers stuck on shift. Speakers at the

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

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

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

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

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