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CUPE is proud to support the Canada Post-Secondary Education Act (Bill C-260) tabled today in the House of Commons by NDP MP Heather McPherson, which will bring about some badly needed federal action on affordability and accessibility of post-secondary education. “Inflation and the number of students looking for an education have both grown, but the federal […]

A new report from CUPE offers insight into the cruel impacts of low wages on the lives of thousands of school support workers in Ontario’s public education system. Education Workers’ Wages in Ontario: The Impact of Ten Years of Cuts is based on recent survey responses from more than 16,000 CUPE education workers, who shared the often

CUPE commends the agreement between the federal Liberals and NDP to focus on supporting everyday people in the aftermath of the pandemic, and avert an election until 2025. “The pandemic has hurt everyday, working people the hardest, and they can’t wait any longer for the federal government to act on improving health care, addressing the cost

Eliminating daytime custodial services is an ill-conceived plan that will leave Victoria schools less clean and healthy, lead to increased spread of common illnesses, and more student and staff absences due to illness, says Victoria school support workers. CUPE 382 is calling on Victoria School District 61 to reverse its decision to cut these critical services.

CUPE is committed to ensuring locals have access to resources that support the union’s work on truth and reconciliation. One of the ways CUPE locals can support reconciliation is by bargaining language supporting Indigenous workers into collective agreements. Our new guide, Truth and reconciliation: CUPE taking action through collective bargaining, is for everyone who wants to

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,