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Sector profile: Education

More than half of all education workers across Canada are CUPE members. CUPE represents 160,000 workers in elementary and secondary schools across Canada in every classification in the school system – except teachers and management – in over 400 education bargaining units.

National Secretary-Treasurer's Reports

National Secretary-Treasurer's Report - December 2021

Over the past two years CUPE members and staff have surpassed all expectations in adapting to the challenges of the pandemic. We join our counterparts across the world in facing unprecedented and fundamental shifts in the operation of our organizations.

Climate justice: A public, fair future for all

Climate justice is public. It is increasingly evident that governments who continue to follow the lead of the corporate sector and the rules of the current economic system will be unable to address the climate crisis. The younger generations are particularly clear about the urgent need to save the planet, and that an energy transition to low-carbon alternatives and reduced consumption must not rely on corporations or their market-based “solutions”.

Create clean, green cities

Municipal solid waste services are fundamental to the quality of life in our communities, our health and our environmental future.

Angela Hodgson - Why Ontario needs safe nurse staffing levels

Over the past two decades, she has been intimately familiar with the long-festering staffing crisis in Ontario’s hospitals. As a registered practical nurse (RPN), Angela has witnessed first-hand the decline in working conditions, characterized by high rates of injuries and workplace violence, poorer patient outcomes, and worsening morale.

Member profiles

Sara-Élisabeth Sergerie, Library Clerk

Legislation Applying to Violence and Harassment in Canada by Jurisdiction

Jason Schrader: Embracing the life he’s reclaimed

Jason Schrader wakes up joyful every day, embracing the life he’s reclaimed by connecting with his identity as an Indigenous person. Get to know Jason in this story, one in a series profiling members of the National Indigenous Council and the National Racial Justice Committee.

Bargaining Drug Plans

Prescription drug coverage is a critical component – and often the most-used component – of workplace benefits plans. CUPE has just updated our fact sheet on drug plans in collective agreements to better equip members and locals to defend this critical health coverage. When employers demand cuts, our goal is to prevent the erosion of benefits to members and ensure all members have access to the medications they need.

Guide: Early warning signs of privatization

Stop privatization before it starts. Know the early warning signs. CUPE members are the eyes and ears of an early warning system that detects and stops privatization before it starts.