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Pause on for-profit plasma collection must be made permanent

After months of scrutiny over its practices, the private company that Canadian Blood Services contracted to collect plasma has paused its Canadian operations. CUPE is calling on the federal government to finally put public safety ahead of corporate profits, make the pause permanent and end for-profit plasma collection in Canada.

Union holds local information picket in Stittsville amid stalled bargaining

The union representing workers at Extendicare Crossing Bridge in Ottawa is calling attention to the continued delays at the bargaining table. CUPE 1307 is one of eight CUPE locals participating in the Extendicare Central Table bargaining.

CUPE 4449 secures wage protections in new agreement amid child care cuts

CUPE 4449 members ratified a new agreement with Glencairn Child Care Co-operative on Wednesday, August 5.

Picnic in the park highlights need to protect child care

CUPE Saskatchewan hosted an information table at a Picnic in the Park to Save Child Care on Saturday, August 8. Organized by the Saskatchewan NDP, the picnic highlighted the need to protect and strengthen Saskatchewan’s child care system.

CUPE Manitoba supports passage of Bill 13 to protect tenants and tackle housing affordability

CUPE Manitoba is calling on the provincial government to pass proposed amendments to The Residential Tenancies Act (Bill 13) and immediately implement updates to The Residential Rent Regulations.

Ford announcement leaves Scarborough hospitals facing cuts to staff and services due to underfunded operating budget

Just a week after Scarborough Health Network (SHN) workers held a rally surrounding chronic understaffing and increasing violence against hospital workers, Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones announced Tuesday that the Ontario government would begin construction of a new emergency department at Centenary Hospital.

The funds hospitals use to pay day-to-day bills have plummeted by $2.2 billion since 2020, says new report

Ontario’s hospital crisis has hit a boiling point, says new report released today by CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU/CUPE).

City workers apply for mediation in effort to avoid disruption for Mission residents

CUPE 1267 has applied to the BC Labour Relations Board to seek the assistance of a mediator as part of ongoing collective bargaining with the City of Mission.

CUPE applauds Mayor Gillingham’s support for a fourth branch of 911

Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham’s support for building social workers directly into the 911 emergency system is a crucial step in addressing the growing mental health crisis, says CUPE 500, representing Winnipeg’s municipal workers.

Wages for Saskatchewan health care workers are the lowest in Canada

CUPE 5430 has released new research showing that most health care workers in Saskatchewan are the lowest paid in all of Canada. After four years without a wage increase, CUPE 5430 is calling for desperately needed wage increases to retain health care workers in Saskatchewan’s critically short-staffed health system.