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Wesley Lesosky, president of CUPE’s Air Canada Component, gave CUPE BC delegates an inside look at how CUPE flight attendants took on Canada’s biggest airline and the federal government—and won.

New polling confirms that most Nova Scotians believe long-term care workers deserve to earn a living wage, and that the government’s refusal to return to the bargaining table is putting both residents and workers at risk.

CUPE’s Extendicare Central Bargaining Table is holding strategic planning meetings in Markham this week, one month after negotiations ended with Extendicare.

Front-line health care workers gathered at the Saskatchewan Legislature today to highlight new research showing that Continuing Care Assistants (CCAs) in Saskatchewan are among the lowest paid in the country, intensifying concerns about staffing shortages and the stability of the province’s health system.

The virtual registration pilot at St. Joseph’s urgent care centre is a mistake as it will discriminatorily impact vulnerable groups of people without fixing the core issue, lengthening wait-times, according to CUPE.

The Ford government must fund hospitals at their real costs to protect patient care from deteriorating. Most hospitals have significant deficits and this is causing them to eliminate thousands of positions, threatening access and quality, while lengthening wait-times.

CUPE Ontario’s Health Care Workers Coordinating Committee, HCWCC, held a round table discussion with MPPs at Queen’s Park today. The discussions focused on the challenges facing long-term care and retirement home workers in Ontario.

Long-term care workers at Valley View Villa, in Halifax, Nova Scotia represented by CUPE 2330, joined the picket line this morning, along with 24 other long-term care homes province wide.