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The majority of Ontario’s 136 hospitals have carried operational deficits since 2022, and this puts an already precarious public system at risk, says new analysis from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).

Education support workers with the Saskatoon Public Schools have delivered a strong strike mandate, with nearly 94% voting in favour of strike action.

On Thursday 95% of CUPE 4681-02 members voted in favour of strike action following ongoing negotiations with the Northeastern Catholic District School Board (NCDSB).

Manitoba’s largest labour union says a recent decision by the Manitoba Legislative Assembly Speaker banning words that call out harmful behaviour is wrongheaded and harmful.

Members of CUPE 3473 and 4642 have ratified new five-year collective agreements with the Louis Riel School Division (LRSD) covering educational assistants (EAs), custodians, bus drivers, and other support staff.

CUPE 4154 and the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) criticize the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario’s decision to move forward with sweeping staffing cuts impacting education workers and students across the board.

At the 70th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW70) in March 2026, CUPE joined activists from around the world to push for women’s equality and gender rights.

Demoralized, exhausted and frustrated, health care workers protested outside Lakeridge hospital in Oshawa today in response to chaotic working conditions amid provincial funding restraint.

Long-term care workers represented by CUPE and government representatives bargained early into the morning today, however no deal was reached.

Concerns are growing over continued uncertainty surrounding whether city council will maintain funding for school librarians in the upcoming school year. CUPE 5047 President Shelley McNeil is calling on Halifax city councillors to publicly clarify their position before staffing and school planning decisions are affected.

CUPE 1943 serves “cruelty-free coffee” in the PRHC parking lot to draw attention to terrible working conditions. The work is chaotic and demanding – driven by poor management, perpetual understaffing, and lax health and safety standards.

Following the triennial election, members of the Syndicat des cols bleus regroupés de Montréal (CUPE 301) voted for a change in leadership. The president-elect, Nicolas De Ciccio, will be replacing Jean-Pierre Lauzon, who has been in this role for three years.

CUPE 1615 says the province’s latest post-secondary funding announcement confirms Memorial University is not being restored. While the government has increased year-over-year funding by just over 5%, the union says there is no meaningful investment to replace years of lost revenue, leaving Memorial to absorb the costs.

Long-term care workers from Melville Lodge and Shoreham Village, represented by CUPE 3840 and 3454 respectively, are poised to hit picket lines May 7 and 8 at 7 am, joining 30 other homes already on strike province wide.

Education support workers from CUPE locals across Saskatchewan rallied today outside the office of the Minister of Education, calling on the provincial government to address low wages, unsafe working conditions, and the lack of respect for the critical role they play in Saskatchewan schools.

The Syndicat des technologues d’Hydro-Québec (CUPE 957), which represents over 2,700 members, filed a strike notice regarding overtime. After two and a half years of sluggish bargaining, the union is stepping up the pressure: it wants to reach a tentative agreement on the terms of the collective agreement more quickly.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is warning against reckless calls from the Progressive Conservatives to force front-line health care workers back into unsafe environments, following the decision by the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) to suspend in-home services at a North End housing building due to serious safety concerns.

CUPE 2 remains committed to reaching a fair agreement with the Toronto Transit Commission, following Wednesday’s no-board report issued by the Ontario Ministry of Labour, and emphasizes that it does not bargain in the media.

B.C.’s largest union has set course for the next year after wrapping up the CUPE BC annual convention. Over 500 delegates from across the province passed more than 45 resolutions directing the union advocacy on behalf of workers and B.C. public services.

Ashley Humphrys, Manager of Social Enterprise with the Ending Violence Association of BC, delivered a keynote address to CUPE BC Convention 2026 delegates on how small, everyday actions can make workplaces safer.