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CUPE is concerned that a mandatory review of the Canada Infrastructure Bank is happening behind closed doors, with no public input. Documents obtained through Access to Information suggest the Liberal government’s approach to reviewing the bank doubles down on the lack of transparency that defines the CIB and its privatization projects. Dominic LeBlanc, the minister responsible for […]

A new survey of Canadian flight attendants from CUPE’s Airline Division shows that flight attendants in Canada are performing unpaid work for 34.86 hours per month, on average. The survey, which ran between December 10, 2022 and January 11, 2023, and received 9,807 responses, shows in detail just how rampant the issue of unpaid work has

As the Prime Minister and premiers met in Ottawa Tuesday to discuss increasing federal health transfers to the provinces and territories, CUPE joined community and labour allies for a rally to protect public health care on the doorstep of Parliament Hill. After three years weathering the COVID-19 pandemic and after decades of chronic underfunding, Canada’s health

New long-term care standards released today will only be useful if the Liberal government keeps its promise to give them the force of law, according to the Canadian Union of Public Employees, which represents 90,000 workers in long-term care.  “Voluntary standards did not protect the 17,000 residents of long-term care homes who have died so far

“Canadian workers demand and deserve anti-scab legislation. With Bill C-302 tabled last fall, and federal consultations wrapping up today, we have the momentum for it. Now the federal government has to get the job done,” said CUPE National President Mark Hancock, at a press conference held on Parliament Hill today. At his side was Rosemont–La

CUPE Ontario has pledged its full support to the coalition of five major health unions, including CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU/CUPE), as they gear up for a province-wide campaign of resistance to the Ford government’s “three-step plan” for privatizing hospital care services. “Our union will raise its voice on behalf of all 280,000 CUPE

On January 31st, CUPE will be joining with community allies and our partners in the labour movement and the NDP to demand long overdue legislation to end the use of scab workers during labour disputes. Join us on Parliament Hill from 11:30AM-2:30PM on January 31st to make your voice heard! In March 2022, the federal government

Five major Ontario health care unions are calling on the Ford government to not move forward with its plan to siphon provincial funding from public hospital care and hand it to private, for-profit surgical clinics, a risky venture that will cost Ontarians dearly and damage access to public care. The unions – CUPE/OCHU, Ontario Nurses’ Association,

CUPE is proud to announce the launch of a new book on the successful strike by 22,000 CUPE members in New Brunswick.  Bargaining Forward: The story of the 2021 CUPE Strike in New Brunswick details how front-line public sector workers stood together and won against a hostile government. Illustrated with full-colour photos, the book is written by

DynaLIFE Labs, a company contracted by the Alberta government to privatize health care services, is trying to take away a pension plan from its employees. The twist? DynaLIFE’s majority shareholder is the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS), a pension plan serving over half a million Canadians. In 2022, Alberta’s UCP government awarded DynaLIFE the contract