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In response to Bernard Drainville’s call for greater private-sector involvement in public transit, we need to remember that the private sector is already omnipresent and, far from saving money, this model has actually reduced the quality of service in the Quebec network.

Today, delegates from municipal locals across Saskatchewan are gathering in Saskatoon at the annual CUPE Saskatchewan Municipal Employees Committee Conference.

CUPE 1287 is speaking out after members at the John Howard Society of Niagara were served with a “no board” notice by the employer, needlessly escalating bargaining tensions and paving the way for a potential lockout of workers by their employer.

CUPE Ontario is condemning the Ford Conservatives after the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing sent a letter to more than 200 strong mayors, directing them not to use their legislated powers to limit or challenge police budget estimates.

Representing more than 120 members, the Syndicat des cols bleus de la Ville de Châteauguay (CUPE 1299) is launching a campaign on the ABCs of Châteauguay city management, as part of collective agreement bargaining. The campaign informs citizens that the employer is demanding a blank cheque for contracting out work and wants to completely eliminate minimum employee levels for outside workers, but doesn’t have any comparative studies demonstrating real savings for taxpayers.

Manitoba’s largest labour union says GFL’s decision to move their headquarters from Toronto into the United States underscores the arguments they have been making that the contracting out of municipal services leads to tax dollars leaving Manitoba and Canada, and hurting our local economy.

Outside workers’ at Ville de Montréal are on their first strike day in over 15 years. They will be on a 24-hour work stoppage from February 4 at 6 a.m. to February 5 at 5:59 a.m. This major mobilization comes after months of unsuccessful bargaining and a city-proposed budgetary framework that would have impoverished workers.

Hundreds of the Ville de Montréal outside workers gathered outside city hall today during an adoption session of the 2026 municipal budget. Organized by the Syndicat des cols bleus regroupés de Montréal (CUPE 301), this mobilization denounced a budgetary framework that, if unchanged, will impoverish municipal workers.

This time last year, York Region was celebrating being named one of Canada’s best employers by Forbes. This year, the region didn’t crack the top 300, validating what CUPE 4900 members have long known: York Regional Municipality is no longer an employer of choice.

At 6:30am this morning, Ville de Montréal outside workers gathered for a protest organized by the Syndicat des cols bleus regroupés de Montréal (CUPE 301). They denounced the toxic environment the employer has created at the bargaining table, which is stalling progress and eroding trust between the parties.