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CUPE 5430, the union representing more than 14,000 health care workers across Saskatchewan, is sounding the alarm over a new Saskatchewan Health Authority, SHA, policy. The change allows rural emergency rooms to be listed as “open” despite minimal staffing on site - and without adequate diagnostic, imaging, or support staff available.

The rise of artificial intelligence is driving a wave of new data centres that power digital technologies. This coming boom will strain energy and water resources. Governments must be ready with legislation and policy that protects the public interest, not corporate profits.

The federal budget shows the Liberal government is determined to push artificial intelligence (AI) into workplaces without protecting workers and the public.

Shortcomings of two decades of privatization in England must be learnt by Ontario before it’s too late, warn advocates. Public hospitals in Scotland were more egalitarian and efficient at reducing surgical wait-times than private clinics and hospitals contracted out by England’s health system, according to new academic reports.

CUPE has serious concerns that a hidden pension cut for federal public servants is buried deep in Mark Carney’s Budget 2025.

Almost 100 workers at long term care facility Villa St. Joseph-Du-Lac have voted in favour of job action. CUPE 3064 held a strike vote last week, with all members voting yes but one. CUPE 3064 is one of many locals across Nova Scotia bringing the fight for improvements in the long-term sector to their bargaining table.

Long term care workers at Bisset Court, represented by CUPE 4970, have voted in favour of a strike mandate this week, with 100% of votes in favour of job action. This echoes calls from other workers in the sector for fair wages and improved recruitment and retention to reduce understaffing issues.

As the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers face off in the 2025 World Series, two major union locals, CUPE 416 representing Toronto’s outside municipal workers, and Teamsters Local 396 representing logistics and sanitation workers in Los Angeles, have entered into a friendly wager to mark the occasion.

After reviewing Scott Moe’s throne speech, CUPE Saskatchewan is alarmed that the government has no plans to strengthen public services, fix schools, end the health care crisis, or give workers a raise.

Frontline mental health workers at the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA)—Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike after years of underfunding and the wage suppression of Bill 124 pushed them into poverty.

400 employees of Simaril, a non-profit organization providing support services for individuals with physical, intellectual, and mental health disabilities have joined CUPE.

On Saturday, October 4, hundreds of education workers from across Ontario rallied at Queens Park to demand the Ford government take immediate action to address the growing crisis of violence in schools.

CUPE Manitoba and CUPE 998, representing workers in Manitoba’s energy sector applaud today’s plan for Manitoba to reach net zero emissions.

On September 24 and 25, a coalition of environmental groups, labour unions and other non-profit organizations came together with one voice to advocate for a decarbonized east to west electricity grid.

The federal government must keep its word to reinstitute an Employment Insurance (EI) Board of Appeals that includes worker representatives. Workers help fund our EI system and workers must play a central role in how the money is allocated and how claims are administered.

The federal Liberals have launched a new government housing agency that will focus on social housing. But the $13 billion announced for the Build Canada Homes agency will not be enough to solve the housing and homelessness crisis. This new Liberal government must not repeat the mistakes of the past.

It was with great humility that CUPE’s National Executive Board members unveiled a new piece by artist Claude Latour in the lobby of CUPE’s national office in Ottawa on September 9. The artwork honours the traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg Nation, where CUPE’s national office is located.

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new economic plan doesn’t go far enough to bolster our economy. CUPE welcomes efforts to protect Canadian industries from Trump’s tariff chaos. But to build an economy that works for everyone, Carney’s Liberals must do more to invest in public infrastructure, protect public services, and support workers.

A new academic study says mandating nurse-to-patient ratios would save lives, improve overall outcomes for patients, and alleviate the staffing crisis in Ontario’s hospitals.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is sounding the alarm after a report in the Globe and Mail revealed that the federal government is planning deep, multi-year cuts to direct program spending — cuts that will devastate the quality of public services Canadians rely on and put tens of thousands of jobs at risk.