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Approximately 360 WestJet Encore cabin crew members, represented by CUPE 8125, has officially served notice to bargain a new collective agreement.

April 1, 2026 marks four full years since CUPE 5430 members last received a wage increase – an unfortunate milestone that underscores the urgency to reach a fair deal for Saskatchewan’s frontline health care workers.

CUPE’s Airline Division, the union representing 20,000 flight attendants across Canada, is raising concerns about the impartiality and legitimacy of the federal government’s probe into unpaid work in the airline sector, as it enters its second phase.

CUPE 5047 members—school librarians working in the Halifax Regional Centre for Education—keep literacy alive in our schools. They support students who are struggling, they create spaces where curiosity and belonging grow, and they make sure young people see themselves reflected in what they read.

In a sign of Niagara’s deepening emergency services crisis, paramedics, dispatchers, and occupational therapists with CUPE 911 voted 99 per cent in favour of strike action last week, with 82 per cent of members voting.

CUPE is saddened to hear of the passing of Stephen Lewis, a leader, activist, and one of the greatest orators this country has known, who used his voice to make life better for working people.

Education workers and supporters gathered in Saskatoon today for a solidarity rally organized by CUPE 2268 and 3730, calling for fair wages and collective agreements that reflect the vital work they do in schools every day.

Workers at the Rockcliffe Flying Club filed to join CUPE in December 2025 after raising concerns about workplace culture and aircraft safety. Instead of respecting those concerns and letting workers exercise their right to join a union, the employer has responded with delay, pressure, and retaliation.

On the same day that hundreds of Algoma Steel employees worked their last shift, Sault Ste. Marie city council took an important stand for unionized workers and public services in the city, voting down a motion to privatize municipal garbage services.

CUPE congratulates Avi Lewis on his election as federal NDP leader at the party’s convention in Winnipeg. As Canada’s largest union, CUPE is ready to get to work with Avi and the NDP to strengthen public services, fight corporate greed, and build a fairer and more equitable Canada.

Staff at Centre de réadaptation jeunesse de Prévost, a facility in the Laurentians region run by the Batshaw Youth & Family Centres, are repeating—publicly this time—that successive job cuts have impeded the supervision of youth in their care. Ten youth worker positions were recently cut, yet each filled three shifts a week, making for 30 lost shifts.

The real dollar hospital funding cut announced in the 2026 provincial budget will intensify the crisis in Ontario’s hospitals, which are already funded at the lowest rate in the country, says CUPE.

On Thursday the Toronto Catholic District School Board, TCDSB, announced that they will completely eliminate its long-standing International Languages Program, resulting in 77 dedicated language instructors losing their jobs.

Workers at Community Living agencies in Windsor and Brant in southwestern Ontario have overwhelmingly rejected employer-imposed “final offer” votes, sending a clear message to employers across Ontario’s social services sector that low-wage proposals will not be accepted.

CUPE 2087 members who work for the Village of Montrose in southern BC have voted in favour of a new collective agreement, concluding this round of negotiations.

Yesterday, CUPE’s lead bargaining table, which represents long-term care workers across the province and negotiates the economic pattern for the sector, has reached an impasse.

CUPE, Manitoba’s largest labour union says while the 2026 Manitoba budget hit the target, it’s still far from a bullseye.

We have been hearing the buzz about WILD and there are just a couple of days left to apply!

Frustrated by the deteriorating conditions at their hospital and aghast at the recently announced job cuts, health care workers at Bruyere held a rally outside the Saint-Vincent hospital site on Monday, March 23. Over 100 people attended the rally including CUPE hospital workers from other locals in the region.

Manitoba’s largest labour union has released five key budget priorities it hopes to see reflected in this week’s provincial budget.