Quebec

CUPE offers support to Quebec student protesters

May 22, 2012 05:12 PM CUPE leaders offered their support to student protesters in Quebec taking a strong stand against tuition fee hikes and the recently imposed Special Bill 78, which represents a disturbing violation of basic rights to freedom of assembly.

CUPE marching in rally against Quebec’s Bill 78 on May 22

May 21, 2012 08:44 PM CUPE is inviting all members to join the Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec (FTQ) and its affiliates to a rally on May 22 in Montreal. CUPE will be participating under the banner of the Alliance sociale. Given recent events and the adoption of Bill 78 in Quebec, it is important to be present at the event.

New collective agreement for members of the Société Immobilière du Québec

May 17, 2012 03:25 PM The members of Société Immobilière du Québec (SESIQ, CUPE 2929) have signed a new collective agreement with the employer. The agreement runs from April 1, 2010 to March 31, 2015.

Unions mobilize and engage for Earth Day

Apr 23, 2012 04:17 PM Thousands of people marched through the streets of Montreal to mark Earth Day on Sunday, April 22. An estimated 300,000 people attended the march, including a number of celebrities. And yes, CUPE was there too.

162 layoffs in Quebec City

Apr 20, 2012 12:27 PM The 162 blue-collar worker layoffs issued by the City of Quebec yesterday are illegal. This was the legal opinion given to the executive of the City's manual workers' union (CUPE 1638) who were quick to file a motion for intervention with the Quebec labour relations board.

98% of Quebec City's blue-collar workers support a strike

Apr 20, 2012 12:25 PM City blue-collar workers turned out en masse for a union meeting where 98% voted in support of a strike mandate, to be exercised when deemed appropriate by the union executive. 952 blue-collar workers took part in a secret ballot held on April 20.

Help end the Rio Tinto lockout in Alma, Quebec

Apr 19, 2012 09:59 AM Rio Tinto is making a demand familiar to every union member at every Rio Tinto facility on the planet: a 50% wage cut. Take 20 seconds out of your day, join the USW-LabourStart campaign and send a message to the International Olympic Committee and Rio Tinto!

200,000 march against tuition hikes in Montreal

Mar 23, 2012 10:12 AM Two days after an unacceptable budget was presented, an estimated 200,000 people marched through the streets of downtown Montreal to say no to the tuition hikes proposed by the Charest government.

“Golden meters” will cost Hydro-Québec $104 million

Mar 12, 2012 12:51 PM The Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec, CUPE-Québec and the Syndicat des employés de techniques professionnelles et de bureau d’Hydro-Québec (CUPE 2000) have denounced Hydro-Québec’s planned installation of smart meters.

New labour contract at the Institut national de santé publique du Québec

Mar 1, 2012 10:38 PM February 28 marked the signing of a new labour contract for employees at the Quebec City headquarters of Quebec’s institute of public health, the Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ).