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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. […]

In advance of the provincial budget, CUPE New Brunswick announced a “Plan for all New Brunswickers,” at a press conference earlier today. The plan provides a vision for a public-focused recovery from COVID-19 through the investment and expansion of public services that have been constantly under-funded by consecutive government.    CUPE NB President Stephen Drost was

A new report examining executive compensation at the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS), released today by CUPEOntario, reinforces the urgent need for an independent review of the pension plan. The report, “High Pay, Low Returns: Why are OMERS Executives Paid So Much?”, used publicly available data to compare compensation received by the top five executives

CUPE extends our solidarity to the people of Ukraine, who are now living in fear of military violence and occupation after Russia attacked their country. We further extend solidarity to the people in the streets of Russia opposing this dangerous escalation of violence and act of war. To health care and emergency service workers, journalists and all the

The Canadian Union of Public Employees and the Syndicat québécois des employées et employés de service, both of which are affiliated with the FTQ, and Québec solidaire deplore the minimal recognition paid to office staff, technicians and administration professionals in the health and social services system. All three organizations acknowledge that everyone in this sector

A new report by the Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research (CICTAR) reveals that Europe’s largest long-term care home operator, Orpea, has been building a property empire while facing allegations of elder abuse and misappropriation of public money. Orpea is 15 per cent owned by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), which

While their pandemic efforts have been generously praised by Doug Ford’s Ontario government, front-line hospital workers are asking for Bill 124, the wage cap legislation that devalues them and is fueling an exodus of staff from health care, to be repealed. Yesterday, front-line hospital staff – including several registered practical nurses from Ottawa – made a

On the day before another demonstration to denounce health measures – to be held in Quebec City this weekend – and given the ever-worrisome presence of convoy protesters in Ottawa, CUPE Quebec is demanding that the leaders of all political parties both provincially and federally condemn verbal and physical violence directed at teams of journalists. “Whether

The Ontario government is continuing to hand over money through electricity subsidies to large, profitable, industrial, and commercial businesses, money that should instead be used to bolster critical public services that keep Ontarians safe, says CUPE Ontario. “Companies like Loblaws who have actually profited during this pandemic are getting government money to pay their hydro bills

Parents, workers, and community members are launching a public campaign to demand that the Municipality of Sioux Lookout reverse their decision to close Biidaaban Children’s Centre and Sioux Mountain Children’s Centre that provide quality child care to more than 200 families in the region. “Many parents are rightfully concerned and disappointed by the actions of