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

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

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.

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.

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 Saskatchewan is launching a new province-wide multimedia campaign to profile CUPE public service workers. The Your Neighbour. Your Community. campaign highlights the human side of CUPE members that provide services across Saskatchewan.

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.

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 is demanding urgent action to end Israeli military attacks on Palestinian first responders and health care workers in Gaza, and to stop the ongoing genocide.

Canada’s largest public and private sector unions stand united against attacks on Canadian workers initiated by the United States Administration’s escalating trade and investment war.

After many months of hard work, CUPE partner Momentum is launching its Vote Rainbow Equality campaign today, Monday, March 3rd!  With a federal election on the horizon, the Vote Rainbow Equality campaign aims to build momentum and mobilize our communities to maximize our organizing time before voting day. 

On February 20, CUPE is marking Pension Awareness Day by calling attention to the benefits of workplace pension plans for Canadian workers, local communities and the economy as a whole.

A beloved childminding program for newcomers to Canada will be closing its doors and laying off nine childminding professionals in the Durham region.

CUPE NL is concerned that instead, the Education Accord will result in more public dollars going to private companies, leading to a decline in the quality of our public education system, and further deterioration of working conditions for members in public schools, postsecondary institutions, and childcare facilities.

The employees voted 91% in favour of job action last week. The workers join 4,000 striking employees in Edmonton, Sturgeon County and Fort McMurray who are already on strike.

CUPE salutes Sonia Lebel, president of the Conseil du trésor, who wants to table a bill that would avoid raiding or amalgamations of bargaining units in the health and social services network.

After decades of efforts by child care advocates, including CUPE members, we finally achieved our goal of creating a pan Canadian program for early learning and child care in 2020. This program aims to reduce the cost of child care to $10 a day, increase the number of public and non-profit child care spaces and to ensure inclusive access to high quality and culturally safe child care services for all.

But I ask you, which would you choose: Supporting workers now, to ensure a safer, healthier, and more effective learning environment for kids in the future or opposing job action to keep kids in schools, knowing the standard of public education declines every year because the Department of Education chooses to ignore the pleas of workers who want to ensure our education ecosystems are thriving and that our kids are safe.

Members of CUPE’s National Indigenous Council joined the Sisters in Spirit vigil to bear witness, mourn, and demand an end to the epidemic of violence and racism. The vigil has been held on the Hill every Oct. 4 for the past 18 years.

CUPE 2545 and 2559 issued official strike notices, indicating a full withdrawal of services on Wednesday, November 13, and Thursday, November 14, 2024. Beginning Monday, November 18, 2024, the strike and pickets will start rotating through various schools in Fort McMurray, with a different location identified daily.