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Child care advocates are warning the Ford government that without a better plan to solve the child care workforce shortage, their budget’s promise to build 86,000 new child care spaces will fail. “We have a child care workforce crisis right now, driven by low wages. As a result, child care centres are closing rooms and limiting […]

“The ‘flexible legislation and regulatory regime’ and ‘person-centred approach’ mentioned in Houston’s plan are code words often seen when governments intend to change our public health care to an unequal, do-it-yourself system. Meanwhile, they relieve themselves of more and more responsibility, deregulate the system, and hand over control to private companies,” says Nan McFadgen, president

Contract instructors at University of Toronto’s New College are enjoying new job security, pension and other benefits as several provisions in their historic first collective agreement come into force this week. The group includes language and academic skill instructors. Some work year-round in the International Foundations Program (IFP) and others work summers in the International Summer

Preparations for CUPE BC’s annual convention, the first to be held in-person since 2019, are well underway. With over 500 delegates registered, this year’s convention is already one of the largest in CUPE BC’s 60+ year history. Convention 2022, which opens Wednesday afternoon at the Victoria Conference Centre, will feature a range of speakers, reports, resolutions,

The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) needs to maintain the right of unionized employees to access the tribunal, says CUPE Ontario. “Workers whose lives are impacted by systemic racism, ableism, homophobia, and all forms of oppression have always had the option of either filing a grievance with their employer or accessing the tribunal,” said Yolanda McClean,

Emotions were running high at the CUPE Québec State of the union summit, which was finally held at the Palais des congrès de Québec from April 11 to 14, 2022. This major meeting was two years late in coming and was compliant with health measures. More than 400 delegates got together and examined issues of

Canada’s largest union, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), says Budget 2022 makes some progress but does not go far enough to deliver the help that Canadians and their families urgently need. “Working people in Canada need a budget that works for them, and we’re disappointed to see this one fail to deliver on public

“This is a centralizing budget that proposes nothing concrete for the frontline workers who have carried our province through this pandemic,” says CUPE NL President Sherry Hillier. “Instead, this government will add to the existing challenges we are facing with a totally unnecessary restructuring of the whole health care system that won’t result in one

By CUPE National Research The federal 2022 budget fails to make progress on key issues. Federal revenues increased substantially as the economy grew faster than expected over the past year, but spending did not. Budgetary revenues were up over $30 billion compared to what was expected in Budget 2021, yet this budget only shows a net

The COVID-19 pandemic and recent extreme weather events have highlighted more than ever the need for properly staffed, fully funded 9-1-1 emergency call taking and dispatch services in British Columbia. That’s the public message of the Emergency Communications Professionals of BC (CUPE 8911) for this year’s Emergency Service Dispatchers and 9-1-1 Awareness Week (April 10-16). “When