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Health care workers protest outside MPP Neil Lumsden’s office as funding cuts take toll on staff, patients

Health care workers represented by CUPE held a rally outside local Ontario PC MPP Neil Lumsden’s office in Hamilton in response to funding cuts by the provincial government.

CBI Home Health workers in Regina become CUPE’s newest members in Saskatchewan

CUPE welcomes approximately 30 new members at CBI Home Health in Regina, who have officially joined CUPE as Local 5605 following a successful organizing drive.

Hospital workers protest funding cuts outside Ontario PC MPP David Piccini’s office in Port Hope

Health care workers represented by CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE) held a rally outside local Ontario PC MPP David Piccini’s office today in response to funding cuts by the provincial government.

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

In 1966, the United Nations proclaimed March 21 the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to commemorate the Sharpeville massacre and to fight all forms of racial discrimination.

Short-staffing and a mental health crisis behind resounding Essex-Windsor paramedics strike vote

In a strong show of unity, members of CUPE 2974 voted 100% in favour of strike action, delivering an overwhelming mandate in response to chronic short-staffing and unsafe working conditions at Essex-Windsor Emergency Medical Services.

CUPE long-term care workers reach impasse after fourth unchanged offer from employers

Bargaining between long-term care workers and their employers across Nova Scotia has reached an impasse after employers presented the same package for the fourth time without changes.

Over 8,000 Albertans tell their health care horror stories

A campaign calling for a “State of Emergency” in Alberta health care has received almost 25,000 signatures in three weeks on an online petition and over 8,000 stories and comments about the poor shape of the province’s health system.

CUPE calls on Wab Kinew to reject PC ideas on health care

Manitoba’s largest labour union says the Wab Kinew government has nothing to learn from PC leader Obby Kahn on how to run health care in Manitoba.

Baddeck long-term care workers vote to strike in Nova Scotia

Alderwood Rest Home workers, represented by CUPE 1635, voted 99% in favour of a strike mandate late last week, joining over 30 CUPE long-term care locals in calling for improved wages and retention.

Paramedics need real solutions to growing crisis, not more red tape: CUPE Ambulance Committee of Ontario

Ontario’s paramedic system is under severe strain as services struggle to recruit and retain workers while frontline paramedics face mounting mental health pressures. Yet some influential voices are once again promoting the creation of a College of Paramedics, an expensive and unnecessary layer of regulation that would do nothing to improve patient care.