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As an Indigenous woman, getting involved with CUPE has been a powerful experience for Kimberley Loppie. “CUPE allowed me to find my truth, who I am,” she says. Learn where that’s taken her in this profile, one of a series sharing the stories of National Indigenous Council and National Racial Justice Committee members.

Who owns and operates our hospitals and how hospital services are provided matters. Public hospitals cost less, provide better care, and serve the public good

To protect and expand public health care, our governments must enforce the Canada Health Act and guard against private, for-profit services. Access to care should be based on medical need, not ability to pay

Angela Ross has always stood up for others. “Then I found out you could be a shop steward,” says the member of CUPE’s National Indigenous Council. Read where getting involved in CUPE has taken her in this profile, part of a series sharing the stories of members of the National Indigenous Council and National Racial Justice Committee.

September 30 is commonly known as Orange Shirt Day. The Orange Shirt Day movement began in 2013 to honour the survivors of residential schools and those who never returned home. In June 2021, the Government of Canada passed legislation to create a new federal statutory holiday, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (September 30). This means September 30 is now a paid holiday for workers in federally regulated sectors.