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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.

Demoralized, exhausted and frustrated, health care workers protested outside Lakeridge hospital in Oshawa today in response to chaotic working conditions amid provincial funding restraint.

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.

Members of the CUPE Saskatchewan Municipal Employees’ Committee (SMEC) sponsored registration and hosted an engaging booth at this year’s SUMA Convention and Tradeshow held April 12 to 15 in Regina.

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.

Artificial intelligence is spreading fast without any rules governing this powerful new technology. Workers need strong laws that protect their jobs and human rights. CUPE has shared that call with members of a Senate committee studying the impacts of AI.

Dax Law, CUPE 70 Library Director, spoke to reporters on how Bill 28 will impact library workers who will have to make sense of the confusing, vague, and problematic legislation.

Saskatchewan’s largest union is sounding the alarm on for-profit cash-for-blood schemes that present a clear and present danger to Saskatchewan residents.