Post-Secondary Education

Post-secondary education is an invaluable public good— important to everyone. The post-secondary sector makes a significant contribution to advancing Canada’s social, cultural and economic wellbeing, as well as its ability to innovate, respond to change, and maintain a vibrant and stable democracy.

Over 70,000 CUPE members work in com­munity colleges and universities across Canada in all aspects of the post-secondary education sector, providing services to students, staff and their communities.

They are proud to be a part of this vital sector, but concerned that access and quality are eroding due to the high and ever-increasing cost of tuition, increased commercialization of everything from food services to research, and cutbacks to programs and other core services.

Crisis on campus: Stand with workers

Decades of cuts to post-secondary education have resulted in mass layoffs for workers, higher tuition fees for students, and a crumbling system in need of support.

Add your name to tell the federal government to act before more damage is done.

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