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The Supreme Court of Canada announced today that it will hear appeals in the legal challenge to Bill 137: The Education Amendment Act, 2023. Today’s announcement follows a recent Saskatchewan Court of Appeal decision which had permitted challenges to the Government of Saskatchewan’s legislation to proceed. That decision was a significant win for Saskatchewan’s youth and […]

Top Lines Liberal budget offers reassurance for big corporations, empty/vague promises for everyone else. Government wrongly assumes what’s good for companies is good for working people. Budget 2025 prioritizes big business while ignoring concrete solutions for workers and their loved ones. Overview The Liberals expect our members, friends and neighbours to swallow austerity while they give handouts to

Long term care workers at Bisset Court, represented by CUPE 4970, have voted in favour of a strike mandate this week, with 100% of votes in favour of job action. This echoes calls from other workers in the sector for fair wages and improved recruitment and retention to reduce understaffing issues. “We work short so often

Put under trusteeship by the Commission municipale du Québec from March 2023 to October 2025, the municipal township of Godmanchester, Quebec has been experiencing a particularly tumultuous period. The work climate among municipal council members and employees has generally been described as difficult and worrisome for several months now. Township employees opted to join CUPE at

CUPE 1983, representing the 4,500 bus drivers, metro operators, station agents and paratransit drivers at the Société de transport de Montréal, STM, is favourable to the administrative labour court’s ruling that no bus or metro service will be provided during the November 1 strike.  STM and the union reached an agreement concerning essential services in the

It is a dark day for Quebecers. The CAQ government’s Bill 3 is attacking the unions head-on; yet, unions are the primary institution defending the middle class and Quebec’s social model. This is an authoritarian tactic by which a collapsing government interferes with how trade unions are run, with the goal of disrupting their functioning. “We’re the

Saskatchewan’s health provider unions came to the legislature yesterday to call for a new contract. Members of CUPE, SEIU-WEST, and SGEU gathered on the steps of the legislature to call for a new collective agreement three years after the previous agreement expired. “We’re standing here today at the legislature to send the provincial government a message:

Ontario Health atHome announced that it was reconsidering the timeline for its four-day-a-week, return-to-office plan — a clear response to the growing pressure from CUPE members who spoke out together. But less than 24 hours later, the employer issued another memo reversing course and announcing that staff will now be expected to return to the office

CUPE 1699 workers issued 72-hour strike notice at 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, which means the union will be in a legal position to begin rotating job action on Saturday afternoon.  “Workers across the region deserve basic respect in the workplace,” said Daniel Burke, President of CUPE 1699, “they want the district to recognize

The District of Squamish in southern British Columbia has announced a lockout of its employees who deliver public services across the community. While the District refers to it as a “partial lockout,” the union representing workers says there is no such thing—a lockout is a lockout. As a result, once the lockout took effect at