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CUPE says the Ford government’s trampling of workers’ rights in Ontario should be a wake-up call and a call to arms for organized labour across Canada. Earlier today, CUPE National President Mark Hancock and National Secretary-Treasurer Candace Rennick participated in an emergency meeting with all of CUPE’s Ontario School Boards Council of Unions (OSBCU) local presidents […]

CUPE’s National President Mark Hancock has arrived in Toronto to lend his support to CUPE’s 55,000 education workers in Ontario who are poised to walk off the job on Friday in pursuit of a much-needed wage increase, after the Ford government tabled legislation that imposes a new contract and overrides the Charter-protected right to strike

CUPE National President Mark Hancock has arrived in Toronto to lend his support to CUPE’s 55,000 education workers in Ontario who are poised to walk off the job on Friday in pursuit of a much-needed wage increase, after the Ford government tabled legislation that imposes a new contract and overrides the Charter-protected right to strike

The National Women’s Conference will bring together members from across the country to advocate for women’s rights and gender equality in the union, in the workplace, and in all areas of society. It is a great opportunity to learn and strategize with CUPE leaders and activists.    The conference will open with an evening plenary on

Teaching assistants, part-time academics, markers, and demonstrators at Dalhousie University (Dal) in Halifax went on strike this morning. Approximately 1,500 members of CUPE 3912 at Dal have been in collective bargaining with the employer since November 2020. The main issue is wages. For many years, wage increases have not kept up with the cost of living.

The CUPE–OSBCU central bargaining committee The central bargaining committee for Ontario’s lowest-paid frontline education workers will enter into mediation with the Ontario government and Council of Trustees’ Association (CTA) on October 17. Respected mediator William Kaplan, who helped this group of workers and the Ford government reach a settlement in 2019, will assist the parties as they

CUPE has released an expert report that’s a blueprint to fundamentally transform the Canada Infrastructure Bank. More than five years after its founding, the CIB hasn’t met its own goal of attracting profit-seeking private investors. At the same time, the bank’s focus on privatization has failed to meet community needs or tackle the climate crisis. It’s

The virtual meeting takes place on Saturday Nov. 19, 2022, from 1–4 p.m. EST. It will be hosted by Debra Merrier, CUPE National Diversity Vice-President representing Indigenous workers and Aubrey Gonsalves, CUPE National Diversity Vice-President representing Black and racialized workers. Putting our anti-racism strategy into action This is the second national meeting to put CUPE’s Anti-Racism Strategy

Members of the Safe Union Spaces Working Group took to the stage Tuesday morning to update National Sector Council Conference delegates on the group’s progress. The Safe Union Spaces Working Group was formed by CUPE’s National Executive Board (NEB) in March 2021 in response to incidents of serious misconduct. The group is made up of the

Statement from CUPE National President Mark Hancock and National Secretary-Treasurer Candace Rennick: “Front-line education workers in communities across Ontario have sent the Ford Conservative government a powerful message: they believe in the value of public education and the value of public education workers, and they’re willing to walk the picket line to stand up for it. “Over