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Flight attendants at WestJet, represented by CUPE 8125, have issued a formal notice of dispute following more than seven months of ongoing negotiations that have not produced sufficient progress on key issues.

Approximately 360 WestJet Encore cabin crew members, represented by CUPE 8125, has officially served notice to bargain a new collective agreement.

The Air Canada Component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) has begun its first day of arbitration with Air Canada and Arbitrator Paula Knopf to settle wages after flight attendants voted over 99% to reject Air Canada’s final wage offer in September 2025.

CUPE 8125, representing over 4,700 cabin crew members at WestJet and Encore, acknowledges WestJet’s decision to reverse the universally unpopular new 28-inch-pitch seat configuration. This pause follows significant concern from both employees and guests regarding the operational impacts and overall experience resulting from the denser cabin layout.

Niagara paramedics say they have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from residents across the region after launching a video series that gave the public an intimate look at the emotional toll of working on the front lines of emergency care.

The residents of Villa Marconi are running out of clean laundry, and it is due to negligent policy making by management. In June, members of CUPE 4793 held an information picket outside the long-term care facility on Baseline Road to call out the callous layoffs in the laundry and environmental services department. Since then, management has cut hours for union workers and begun a campaign of retaliation and harassment against union members.

In July, the Queensway Carleton Hospital announced that it would be cutting 101 jobs, including 87 nurses, 7 housekeepers and 4 emergency department personal care aides. The hospital is citing insufficient funding amidst rising costs of operations including drugs, salaries and supplies.

Members of CUPE 2974.1 who work for the County of Essex have voted in favour of strike action after months of bargaining marked by demands for concessions and delay tactics from management.

CUPE 1182, one of eight CUPE locals participating in the Extendicare Central Table bargaining, held a rally in Sudbury today. The union representing workers at Extendicare York in Sudbury is calling attention to the ongoing delays at the bargain table. This coordinated bargaining has set the pattern for long-term care wages and benefits in Ontario. Since the COVID-19 Pandemic, helping to improve the conditions for workers in long-term care and retirement homes across the province.