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Hybrid works. Since before the pandemic, workers at Ontario Health atHome have been working remotely to help deliver the essential home-care services Ontarians need. Now, on the whims of the Ford government, these workers are being forced back into office spaces that are not equipped to handle them all at once.

On Friday, the City of Regina approved its 2026 budget – a budget that hurts workers and weakens public services.

On behalf of our 800,000 members from coast to coast to coast, we wish you and your family the very best for this holiday season and 2026.

Orders are open for CUPE’s annual calendar highlighting international solidarity activism. Get copies for yourself and your local today.

Long-term care workers at Inverary Manor, represented by CUPE 1485, voted 100% in favour of a strike mandate last week.

Workers at the Extendicare-run Iler Lodge are sounding the alarm after months of issues with the new payroll system has left some dreading the holidays. The roughly 140 members of CUPE 1370 have filed three grievances and have been trying to work with management to resolve issues caused by a new payroll system that the long-term care facility rolled out earlier this year.

Residents and workers at Sherbrooke Heights are celebrating today after the tentative agreement CUPE 5129 reached with the employer was ratified last night in a unanimous vote. Members of the union had been seeking a fair offer on wages, which were some of the lowest in the sector.

CUPE 2316 is sounding the alarm after notifying the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto that severe staffing shortages, service cuts, unmanageable workloads and years of government underfunding have pushed the child welfare system to a breaking point, putting children, youth and families at risk.

Yet another Sydney long-term care home, My Cape Breton Home for Seniors, represented by 5137, voted 98% in favour of a strike mandate last week, citing low wages and recruitment and retention issues.

Long-term care workers from MacGillivray Guest Home in Sydney, Nova Scotia represented by CUPE 1562, have voted 98% in favour of a strike mandate.

Approximately 40 members of the Syndicat des cols bleus regroupés de Montréal (CUPE 301) who work for the Société d’habitation et de développement de Montréal (SHDM) will no longer work overtime hours. This limited strike will begin on December 23, 2025, at 0:01 a.m., and end on January 4, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Essential services will not be maintained.

Long-term care workers from Maple Hill Manor, represented by CUPE 2765, voted 100% in favour of a strike mandate.

As the union representing 310,000 working people across our province, CUPE Ontario is deeply alarmed by the increasingly authoritarian and anti-democratic behaviour of the Ford Conservatives. We are trade unionists and we run our union according to strict democratic principles, protocols and processes.

Representing firefighters in Bois-des-Filion, CUPE 7139 signed a new collective agreement yesterday afternoon. It brings significant gains not only for firefighters, but for all town residents, thanks to the creation of a firefighting service that will be on call 24/7.

Long-term care workers from Shoreham Village Senior Citizens Home, represented by CUPE 3454, voted 98% in favour of a strike vote last week.

CUPE locals 7 and 21, representing nearly 2,000 inside and outside workers at the City of Regina, are calling on the city to protect public services and jobs as proposed budget cuts put the city’s future at risk.

The Liberal government’s new federal affordable housing agency is relying on an outdated and faulty playbook. Details for Build Canada Homes (BCH) show a plan to use public-private partnerships (P3s) that invites real estate developers and investors to profit from public housing spending.

Roads workers, paramedics, public health workers and others represented by CUPE 4900 have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action, sending a clear message to the Regional Municipality of York that urgent steps are needed to address a long-running retention crisis that is undermining vital public services.

As Prime Minister Carney continues to reverse or abandon many Trudeau-era policies, the government insists it remains committed to protecting national child care. However, recent agreements with Ontario and Saskatchewan signal that the government may be backsliding on one of the most important elements of the Canada Wide Early Learning and Child Care program: limiting the flow of public dollars to for-profit operators.

Carol Wall was a fearless Black feminist, trade unionist and anti-racist activist. Her leadership transformed the Canadian labour movement and had a profound impact on our union.