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Front line health care workers from CUPE 5430 attended Thursday’s session of the Legislature to call attention to the chronic staffing issues in Saskatchewan’s health care system. “Short staffing was an issue before COVID-19, but the pandemic has made the situation much worse for health care workers,” said Bashir Jalloh, president of CUPE 5430 and a […]

The union representing support staff at the Thompson Rivers University (TRU) in Kamloops, B.C., wants to ensure all university staff can safely and confidentially report instances of workplace harassment and discrimination. CUPE 4879, representing around 700 TRU support staff, is calling on the University to commit to a complete and comprehensive investigation into alleged misconduct

The Executive Board of Ontario’s largest union, CUPE Ontario, has elected a new Secretary-Treasurer, Yolanda McClean, to represent 280,000 members working in the public sector. “I am honoured to be elected Secretary-Treasurer of CUPE Ontario,” said McClean. “With the Ford Conservatives, I know the work ahead of us can look daunting, but I couldn’t be more

On this International Day of Persons with Disabilities, CUPE recognizes the work of Sheryl Burns, President of CUPE 1936 and this year’s winner of the Carol McGregor CLC Disability Rights Award.  A determined feminist and a lifelong proponent for disability rights, Sheryl has brought her lived experience of a woman with a hearing disability to a multitude of

Municipal workers with Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM), represented by CUPE 759, reached a tentative agreement with their employer yesterday. “I’d like to thank our bargaining committee who worked hard on behalf of our members to reach this deal,” said Kevin Ivey, president of CUPE 759. “We are pleased to recommend this tentative agreement to members

The Canadian Union of Public Employees and the Syndicat québécois des employées et employés de service (SQEES–FTQ) have exerted pressure numerous times with respect to the payment of retroactive wages owing to health and social services workers, and their efforts have paid off. The employer’s representatives were open to coming to a national agreement to

Drivers with the Société de transport de Laval (STL) will be on strike next Friday, November 26 and Saturday, November 27 to protest the impasse at the bargaining table. A large-scale march for public transit in Laval will also take place on November 27 at noon. It will start at the Montmorency Terminal (545 Lucien

Wrongfully detained CUPE member Cihan Erdal says the solidarity and support of CUPE members gives him the strength he needs to keep fighting for his freedom. You can help end his ordeal in Turkey and bring him home to Canada. Take action now. “I feel much stronger than when I was arrested,” Erdal told convention

CUPE has a long and proud history of challenging racism. Delegates at CUPE’s 1999 National Convention adopted the CUPE Policy Statement on Workplace Racism, and since then our union has fought racism wherever we encountered it – at work and at the bargaining table, in our communities, and across the globe. At our 2019 National Convention,

Members of the Conseil provincial des collèges of the Canadian Union of Public Employees have a new collective agreement with the Government of Quebec, which was signed on Monday afternoon this week. The new three-year contract runs from April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2023 and calls for wage increases of 2 per cent per