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CUPE has a proud history of championing human rights in our union, our workplaces and our communities. Through the human rights history project, we’ve traced our role in key human rights struggles over the years, in Canada and internationally.

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Our National Executive Board met September 19-21, 2023 in Ottawa, with some members joining virtually. These are the highlights of their deliberations and decisions.

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October is Library Month in Canada, and we’re celebrating CUPE library workers and the invaluable services they provide. Libraries are not just buildings that hold books. There is so much that goes on within their walls thanks to the passion, skill, and creativity of library workers! Read some of their stories.

CUPE came into existence at its founding convention in Winnipeg on September 24, 1963. CUPE was created out of a merger of two large public sector unions following negotiations that took close to six years. The new union represented approximately 78,000 workers.