Mark Hancock, Candace Rennick re‑elected to lead CUPE
|
Delegates re-elected Mark Hancock as National President and Candace Rennick as National Secretary-Treasurer at National Convention on Wednesday.
|
Stop privatization! Protect public jobs!
|
Join us in Roundhouse Park on Thursday, October 9th at noon for a rally to protect public jobs!
|
Film screening: Pride vs Prejudice
|
Join us at the film screening of Pride vs Prejudice followed by a panel discussion with the producer. This film tells the story of Delwin Vriend who was fired from his teaching position at a Christian college in Edmonton for being gay. See how Delwin’s case helped set a precedent for 2SLGBTQI+ workers’ rights in Canada.
|
Find everything that's happening at Convention, and where, with the online schedule.
|
A voice for women, a champion for change: Shannon Levinsky Wins the Grace Hartman Award
|
Grace Hartman, the first woman to serve as CUPE National President, is remembered as a fierce and visionary leader. Her lifelong commitment to workers’ rights, gender equality, and social justice lives on in this year’s Grace Hartman Award recipient, Shannon Levinsky of CUPE 728 in Surrey, B.C.
|
An uplifting exchange, an invitation to solidarity
|
CUPE members gave a warm welcome to global trade unionists at Wednesday's International Solidarity Forum, where workers from around the world came together to discuss building collective power across borders.
|
CUPE harm reduction workers train delegates to save lives from toxic drugs
|
Every day, more than 20 people in Canada die from unregulated toxic drugs. Those deaths can often be prevented if the opioid inhibitor naloxone is administered in time.
That’s why, throughout convention, delegates took part in hands-on-harm reduction training, learning to spot signs of opiate overdoes, when to call 911, how to safely approach people overdosing, and how to provide naloxone nasally or intravenously.
Led by activists from CUPE harm reduction locals 3309, from Ontario, and 3356, from British Columbia, the workshops drew overflow crowds. Many delegates shared that the issue was deeply personal for them and all left with the life-saving skills they need to help people who use drugs.
|
Public health care is in crisis. Patients are facing emergency room closures, longer wait times for surgery and a shortage of doctors. Health care workers are struggling with fewer resources, heavier workloads, and more risks to their health and safety.
More and more, provincial governments are turning to private, for-profit companies to deliver essential health care services. But for-profit care brings higher costs, lower quality, and favours wealthy patients over everyone else.
Public solutions deliver more, cost less and cover everyone.
Sign the petition today to demand the federal government pay its fair share of health care funding and ensure every dollar goes to public care, not private for-profit companies.
|
|
