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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 […]

CUPE President Mark Hancock and Secretary-Treasurer Candace Rennick today brought messages of solidarity to Fraser Valley transit workers from the union’s 715,000 workers across Canada, visiting CUPE 561’s picket lines in Burnaby, Chilliwack and Abbotsford on Day 108 of their strike for fair wages and retirement security. Rennick, visiting the Lougheed Station picket line, also

CUPE joined the Canadian Labour Congress and the disability community on June 22, 2023 in celebrating royal assent for Bill C-22, which will establish the new Canada Disability Benefit. The benefit, the first of its kind at the federal level, will provide financial support to low-income working-age persons with disabilities. However, the framework for this new benefit

Photo credit: Alex Lisman/Team Ignite OFL 2023 CUPE Ontario’s executive board is pleased to announce its endorsement of Laura Walton, Ahmad Gaied, and Jackie Taylor, members of Team Ignite, for officers’ positions on the executive of the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL). “Team Ignite is made up of three incredible labour leaders and we at CUPE Ontario

On June 14, 2023, CUPE Local 5047 President Chris Melanson made the following statement: After more than a month of job action, CUPE Local 5047 and the Halifax Regional Centre for Education have reached a tentative agreement. This agreement was made possible by the fierce determination of school support staff in HRM, whose strike action forced

Toronto Education Workers/CUPE Local 4400 and the Toronto District School Board have reached a tentative agreement in collective bargaining for local terms and conditions. Ratification votes will be scheduled before the end of June for members to vote on new collective agreements covering employees in three bargaining units.  When ratified, members will be entitled to

CUPE Quebec is saluting everyone who is going all out to extinguish the blazes that are overwhelming citizens living in the regions of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Mauricie and the North Shore. Of course, CUPE Quebec tips its hat to the firefighters and emergency services on duty along with all municipal employees and blue- and white-collar employees who are

The intersection of Highways 7 and 11 in Mission, BC was the scene of a raucous roadside rally Thursday morning, as several dozen CUPE 561 transit workers and their supporters gathered with placards and banners, drawing honks and shouts of support from rush-hour commuters eager to see an end to the strike that includes a

A message from CUPE Airline Division President Wesley Lesosky for International Flight Attendant Day 2023: It has been an incredible year for our union and for our movement. We have truly emerged from the pandemic, which devastated our jobs and disrupted our lives beyond measure. We are back – and we are stronger than ever. There is

CUPE Quebec’s communications sector council (CPSC) has embarked on a publicity campaign in Ottawa at the end of this session of Parliament to remind MPs that anti-scab legislation is long overdue. “To restore the balance between the employer and the union at the bargaining table, anti-scab legislation is needed as soon as possible. Workers deserve more respect.