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More than 1,500 Early Childhood Educators (ECEs), child care workers, and supporters have signed an online letter calling on federal and provincial governments to ensure that the Ontario child care agreement includes a wage grid and strategy to address the province’s growing child care workforce crisis. Ontario has until March 31st to sign onto the federal child care plan, […]

Representatives of the CSN and the FTQ met up with those attending Sonia Lebel’s conference to demand an end to the wage discrimination affecting several job categories in the health and social services system. They invited Minister Lebel to resolve complaints to maintain pay equity dating back to 2010 and 2015, affecting medical device reprocessing

Deal comes after long negotiations About 300 employees at Red Deer Catholic School District have a first contract with their employer. The employees include educational assistants, library workers, and clerical staff. The deal provides modest wage increases, job protections, seniority provisions and a means to settle disputes when they arise between employees and the district. The contract

CUPE is donating $50,000 to the global labour movement’s humanitarian relief effort in Ukraine. Our union joins Public Services International (PSI) and the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) in supporting workers and their families affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Donations are going to a common solidarity fund established by the European Trade

The looming threat of planned yet unannounced tax cuts urges us to finally institute changes to our tax system to fund the services we rely on, says CUPE Ontario. “Years of underfunding to vital public services, clearly exposed in the last two years, caused people to endure so much pain and suffering,” said Fred Hahn,

Lazhar Zouaïmia, a member of the Syndicat des technologues d’Hydro-Québec (CUPE 957) and a long-time activist with Amnesty International’s French-Canadian Section, was arrested in Algeria on February 19, 2022 just as he was about to fly back to Canada after a stay with his family. He is a Canadian citizen with dual citizenship. His union, which

Long-term care (LTC) corporation, Revera, has announced significant changes to its ownership and operations which will treat LTC facilities as commodities to be bought and sold for profit rather than homes and workplaces. This corporate shell game hurts LTC residents and workers. On March 1, Revera announced that it reached a tentative agreement to sell its

For International Women’s Day we collectively acknowledge the contribution women make to better Ontarians’ lives. “While we celebrate women’s efforts from all walks of life, it’s imperative that we call out our provincial government for pushing wage and workplace policies that hurt economic equality and the health – both physical and mental – of hundreds

The Syndicat des technologues d’Hydro-Québec (CUPE 957) denounces the arrest of one of its members in Algeria and wants to publicize his case to pressure the federal government into doing all it can to repatriate this Canadian citizen quickly. “Lazhar Zouaïmia is an engaged Quebec citizen and an exemplary employee of Hydro-Québec. According to information we

The Fraternité des travailleurs et travailleuses du préhospitalier du Québec (FTPQ), which represents some 600 paramedics who work for 18 different employers and are scattered throughout six regions in Quebec, demonstrated this morning in front of the offices of the Minister of Health and Social Services, Christian Dubé. Their collective agreement expired on March 31, 2020.