CUPE ON President Fred Hahn will Address Communities not Cuts Rally at Doug Ford’s Constituency Office

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly spreading in Canadian workplaces, with few laws or regulations, and little testing. This backgrounder looks at AI’s energy use, its environmental impacts, the private sector’s role in accelerating these impacts, and what we can do to address them.

CUPE Alberta is condemning Premier Danielle Smith’s announcement of an anti-immigrant referendum that seeks permission for her government to make it harder for Albertans to vote.

CUPE is concerned federal consultations to update Canada’s strategy on artificial intelligence were rushed and favoured corporate interests at the expense of other voices.

Air Canada asked the government to crush underpaid flight attendants’ Charter rights, and Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu only waited a few hours to deliver. The Liberal government has invoked Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code to end a strike by Air Canada flight attendants fighting to end unpaid work and poverty wages.