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National Day of Mourning highlights gaps in protection for Ontario workers as CUPE 1750 calls for WSIB reforms

On April 28, the National Day of Mourning, members of OCEU/CUPE 1750 are joining workers across Ontario to remember those who have been killed, injured, or have become ill on the job and to call for urgent improvements to the systems meant to protect them.

Assaulted and injured in sickening numbers, health care workers demand action on workplace violence

On the National Day of Mourning, CUPE hospital and long-term care workers called for action from the provincial and federal governments to protect them from violence, which has worsened since the pandemic.

Support Family and Children’s Services Niagara Workers!

Negotiations with Family and Children’s Services of Niagara have been ongoing for months, bargaining for a new contract. They have made progress on a host of issues, until last month. Unfortunately, the employer has halted negotiations. Our proposals are not receiving fair responses. We cannot simply negotiate with ourselves. We need both parties at the table, with the goal of reaching a fair deal.

Bilingual Senior Construction Project Manager, Administration Branch - National Office

The Canadian Union of Public Employees is inviting qualified and motivated individuals to apply for the bilingual position of Senior Construction Project Manager to work in the Administration Branch of the Finance and Administration Department, located

WestJet flight attendants issue notice of dispute

Flight attendants at WestJet, represented by CUPE 8125, have issued a formal notice of dispute following more than seven months of ongoing negotiations that have not produced sufficient progress on key issues.

Higher fees, broken promises: $10-a-day child care on life support in Saskatchewan

In response to Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe’s cuts to child care, CUPE SK president Kent Peterson released the following statement: Scott Moe’s child care cuts break the promise of $10-a-day child care and will cost families and workers more.

Nova Scotia ECEs demand clarity as province changes the rules on retro pay

Nova Scotia’s early childhood educators are calling on the Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, Brendan Maguire, to immediately confirm that the provincial government will provide the full funding needed for retroactive wage increases—so that educators receive the full pay they are owed.

30th CUPE local headed to the picket line amid province wide long-term care strike

Over 100 workers at the Lunenburg Home for Special Care have served their 48-hour notice to strike. Represented by CUPE 4919, these workers can hit the picket line as early as Saturday, April 25. CUPE 4919 will be the 30th local taking job action amid a province-wide strike in the long-term care sector.

CUPE 5430 members at the legislature

CUPE health care workers call out last-in-Canada CCA wages

Front-line health care workers gathered at the Saskatchewan Legislature today to highlight new research showing that Continuing Care Assistants (CCAs) in Saskatchewan are among the lowest paid in the country, intensifying concerns about staffing shortages and the stability of the province’s health system.

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