With September 17 lockout/strike deadline fast approaching, CUPE 4914 president calls on employer to move from ‘dictate to negotiate.’
The Children’s Aid Society of the Region of Peel (Peel CAS) is putting vital services to residents of Peel Region at risk by refusing to negotiate seriously, the president of the union representing frontline administrative and support staff warned today.
Over 500 social and labour activists from across Canada are taking part in CUPE’s 2nd National Human Rights Conference in Winnipeg. Day two focused on a look at the make-up of CUPE’s membership, and discussions on Canada’s human rights record.
Over 500 labour and social activists from across the country are in Winnipeg this week for CUPE’s second National Human Rights Conference. The four day conference will highlight the role unions have in fighting racism and all forms of discrimination.
A new report looking at the performance of clerical work in BC’s public school system explores how CUPE members have fared in the wake of a decade of government austerity and service cuts.
The Alberta Division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees will hold its annual convention from Wednesday, March 18 to Friday, March 20 in Calgary, Alberta.
The Transgender Day of Remembrance is observed on November 20 around the world in memory of the transgender and transsexual persons who have been murdered out of fear or hatred. People who do not live their lives according to social expectations of their birth-assigned sex continue to be targets of shocking brutality. Trans people are also particularly vulnerable to harassment and exclusion on a daily basis, on and off the job.
Montreal: Place du Canada (angle Peel et Rene-Levesque) / Quebec: Parc des Champs-de-Bataille (plaines d’Abraham)
The Liberal government of Philippe Couillard is proceeding to literally dismantle the welfare state in Quebec by imposing the severest austerity measures in our province’s history.
