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Rosanna is a childcare worker in Vancouver and a member of CUPE Local 1936. She works as part of a team providing before- and after-school care for a non-profit childcare provider, and feels honoured to be a part of inspiring children to discover themselves. Helping children build their inner strength, courage, and confidence through play-based learning […]

CUPE Manitoba President Gina McKay presented to the Standing Committee on Justice hearing on Bill 2:  The Public Services Sustainability Repeal Act. The Manitoba government’s introduction of Bill 28:  The Public Services Sustainability Act in 2017, threw labour relations into chaos, and was cited as “unconstitutional” by the court of Queen’s Bench after CUPE and

Hospital staff are angered and stunned by how the Ontario government and the hospital employers are treating them following two years of pandemic sacrifice as provincial bargaining broke down May 14, says the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) the hospital division of the CUPE in Ontario. “They are very demoralized and upset by the utter

“As first responders, our RCMP telecom operators are the public’s first point of contact in an emergency. They make sure RCMP officers and other emergency services can intervene rapidly when Canadians need help. At least, this is the theory,” said Kathleen Hippern, president of CUPE 104. “The daily reality is much more frightening. Chronic short staffing

Statement from CUPE National President Mark Hancock and CUPE National Secretary-Treasurer Candace Rennick on the US Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade: CUPE is alarmed and deeply concerned by reports that the United States Supreme Court is poised to overturn the nearly 50-year-old Roe v. Wade decision which recognized a woman’s constitutional right to choose to

Contracting out of services in the post-secondary sector in Canada is hurting disadvantaged workers with poverty-level wages and low benefits, a new report from the Canadian Union of Public Employees revealed today. Who pays? The cost of contracting out at Canadian post-secondary institutions looks at the data on wages and benefits for food and custodial service

On May 17, the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, CUPE recommits to fighting for safety for 2SLGBTQ+ workers and ending hate in all its forms. Two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, trans and intersex people are subjected to harassment and discrimination too often. Most of the time, the discrimination that 2SLGBTQ+ people in Canada face

National AccessAbility Week takes place every year starting on the last Sunday of May. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of people with disabilities in Canada and to promote efforts to increase accessibility and inclusion in our communities and workplaces across Canada. Accessibility is a human right. Everyone should be able to participate in

CUPE Saskatchewan is calling for an immediate increase of the minimum wage in Saskatchewan to $15.00 per hour. The renewed call comes after the government announced it will increase the minimum wage, but not until October 2022 and only to $13.00 per hour. “Saskatchewan workers need relief now, not in months or years from now. At $11.81

CUPE welcomes a parliamentary committee report that has just one recommendation: abolish the Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB). CUPE is calling for the bank’s fundamental transformation into a source of low-cost loans that help local governments build public infrastructure, instead of being driven by private for-profit investors. In 2021, CUPE researchers presented to the committee studying the