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Early childhood educators, ECEs, across Nova Scotia are calling out ongoing delays in receiving back pay they are owed. Employers have confirmed that required paperwork has been submitted, and that government is the source of the months-long delay.

Members of the CUPE Saskatchewan Municipal Employees’ Committee (SMEC) sponsored registration and hosted an engaging booth at this year’s SUMA Convention and Tradeshow held April 12 to 15 in Regina.

Long-term care workers at Valley View Villa, in Halifax, Nova Scotia represented by CUPE 2330, joined the picket line this morning, along with 24 other long-term care homes province wide.

After nearly three months of collective bargaining, members of CUPE 1600 at the Toronto Zoo have reached a tentative agreement.

CUPE 5335 and the Conseil des syndicats des conseils scolaires de l’Ontario (CSCSO) strongly condemn the Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario’s (CEPEO’s) intention to cut 24 full-time equivalent positions, affecting approximately 45 CUPE-member education workers by the end of the school year.

The outside workers at the Ville de Montréal launched a second strike this morning. The three-day action will run from 6:00 a.m. on April 15 to 6:00 a.m. on April 18. Workers picketed in front of all municipal garages on the first day.

Education workers in southwestern Ontario represented by CUPE 4299 and the Ontario School Board Council of Unions, OSBCU, strongly condemn the Conseil scolaire catholique Providence’s, CSC Providence, plan to lay off between 40 and 50 CUPE education workers by the end of this school year in August.

CUPE’s K-12 provincial bargaining committee in BC is pleased to announce a tentative provincial framework agreement with the British Columbia Public School Employers’ Association, BCPSEA.

Artificial intelligence is spreading fast without any rules governing this powerful new technology. Workers need strong laws that protect their jobs and human rights. CUPE has shared that call with members of a Senate committee studying the impacts of AI.

For National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week, held April 12–18, 2026, CUPE is celebrating the work of emergency dispatchers. Thanks to the dedication and fortitude of these professionals, thousands of people receive help in the most critical moments of their lives.

CUPE 2 members have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action, with 99% backing a strike mandate if necessary to achieve a fair collective agreement at the Toronto Transit Commission, TTC.

Workers at Niagara Region’s municipally run long-term care facilities are celebrating tonight after ratifying a milestone collective agreement this evening. The workers, represented by CUPE 1263, were able to win significant improvements to paramedical benefits, vacation allotments, and pay for their members.

Long-term care workers represented by CUPE at 24 homes across the province are now on strike, with more expected to follow in the coming days.

Workers at the Toronto Zoo, represented by CUPE 1600, sent a strong message to their employer, voting 99% in favour of strike action if necessary to secure a fair collective agreement.

Long-term care workers from 22 homes across Nova Scotia submitted their 48-hour notice to strike, with more homes expected to follow suit in the following week. This first wave of the strike will see over 2,200 workers on picket lines across the province on April 13 at 7 AM.

Dax Law, CUPE 70 Library Director, spoke to reporters on how Bill 28 will impact library workers who will have to make sense of the confusing, vague, and problematic legislation.

Saskatchewan’s largest union is sounding the alarm on for-profit cash-for-blood schemes that present a clear and present danger to Saskatchewan residents.

Comox Valley Regional District workers, represented by CUPE 556, have voted in favour of ratifying a new collective agreement.

CUPE 1196 and the Ontario School Board Council of Unions, OSBCU, strongly condemn the York Region District School Board’s plan to cut approximately 6 percent of its caretakers and trades workers — 78 positions — by the end of this summer.

Members of CUPE’s central negotiation table are preparing for a summer of action after negotiations with Extendicare’s management team stalled this week. The parties met at CUPE’s Ontario Regional office to negotiate a new collective agreement for eight of CUPE’s Extendicare locals.