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Negotiations between CUPE 2268 and 3730 – representing education support workers in the Greater Saskatoon Catholic School Division – have hit a stalemate over wages. The locals have filed for impasse as per The Saskatchewan Employment Act.

CUPE has written to Minister of Jobs and Families Patty Hajdu with a clear message: Canada’s child care system is one of the most important public programs in a generation – and it’s at serious risk already.

The Air Canada Component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) has begun its first day of arbitration with Air Canada and Arbitrator Paula Knopf to settle wages after flight attendants voted over 99% to reject Air Canada’s final wage offer in September 2025.

CUPE 8125, representing over 4,700 cabin crew members at WestJet and Encore, acknowledges WestJet’s decision to reverse the universally unpopular new 28-inch-pitch seat configuration. This pause follows significant concern from both employees and guests regarding the operational impacts and overall experience resulting from the denser cabin layout.

CUPE Alberta which represents Alberta health care workers is slamming an announcement from the UCP government in response to the crisis in emergency rooms.

Workers from Northumberland Hall long-term care home, represented by CUPE 5018, voted 94% in favour of a strike mandate late last week, bringing the total number of CUPE long-term care homes voting to strike to 30.

The 5,500 members of the Syndicat des spécialistes et professionnels d’Hydro-Québec (SSPHQ-CUPE 4250) have a new collective agreement.

On Saturday, January 10, CUPE scored big as the proud sponsor of the Swift Current Broncos game in Saskatchewan.

Resident care and working conditions will suffer as the Royal Ottawa Place (ROP) long-term care home plans to eliminate 15 positions almost exclusively affecting nurses and personal support workers, according to CUPE 942. The union held a rally outside the home on Monday morning, supported by CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE).

CUPE is outraged by the United States’ unlawful and lethal attack on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. We are shocked that the U.S. military bombed this sovereign nation, and abducted President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores to gain access to the country’s oil, land and energy resources.

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.