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My Cape Breton Home for Seniors care workers vote to strike

Yet another Sydney long-term care home, My Cape Breton Home for Seniors, represented by 5137, voted 98% in favour of a strike mandate last week, citing low wages and recruitment and retention issues.

Proposed budget cuts threaten safety, affordability, and quality of life for Regina residents

CUPE locals 7 and 21, representing nearly 2,000 inside and outside workers at the City of Regina, are calling on the city to protect public services and jobs as proposed budget cuts put the city’s future at risk.

CUPE criticizes federal AI consultation process

CUPE is concerned federal consultations to update Canada’s strategy on artificial intelligence were rushed and favoured corporate interests at the expense of other voices.

Build Canada Homes investment plan puts profit ahead of affordability

The Liberal government’s new federal affordable housing agency is relying on an outdated and faulty playbook. Details for Build Canada Homes (BCH) show a plan to use public-private partnerships (P3s) that invites real estate developers and investors to profit from public housing spending.

Collective agreement language to support members with temporary work permits

CUPE locals across the country represent members working under different temporary work permits. These permits include temporary foreign worker (TFW) permits, study permits and post-graduation work permits (PGWP).

Candace Rennick, CUPE National Secretary-Treasurer

Federal government must stay strong on restricting for-profit child care: Rennick

As Prime Minister Carney continues to reverse or abandon many Trudeau-era policies, the government insists it remains committed to protecting national child care. However, recent agreements with Ontario and Saskatchewan signal that the government may be backsliding on one of the most important elements of the Canada Wide Early Learning and Child Care program: limiting the flow of public dollars to for-profit operators.

Exhausted health care worker

New report finds immigrant women PSWs are subsidizing Ontario’s home care system with their unpaid labour

CUPE members’ perspectives helped shape a new report on home care, titled Caring about Care Workers: Centring Immigrant Women Personal Support Workers in Toronto’s Home Care Sector. Researchers found that personal support workers, PSWs, are subsidizing Ontario’s home care system with their unpaid labour.

Parliament of Canada

How deep are cuts to public transit in the Liberals’ 2025 budget?

CUPE is concerned that the federal budget leaves room for cuts to public transit funding that could put the stability of transit services across Canada at risk.

Understanding the new Personal Support Worker (PSW) Federal Tax Credit

The federal government just announced a new tax credit for eligible personal support workers (PSWs). PSWs are healthcare professionals who provide essential care and support, assisting individuals with the activities of daily living.

Governments must protect the public interest in data centre boom

The rise of artificial intelligence is driving a wave of new data centres that power digital technologies. This coming boom will strain energy and water resources. Governments must be ready with legislation and policy that protects the public interest, not corporate profits.