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In response to Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe’s cuts to child care, CUPE SK president Kent Peterson released the following statement: Scott Moe’s child care cuts break the promise of $10-a-day child care and will cost families and workers more.

Nova Scotia’s early childhood educators are calling on the Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, Brendan Maguire, to immediately confirm that the provincial government will provide the full funding needed for retroactive wage increases—so that educators receive the full pay they are owed.

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.

Early childhood educators, ECEs, across Nova Scotia are calling out ongoing delays in receiving back pay they are owed. Employers have confirmed that required paperwork has been submitted, and that government is the source of the months-long delay.

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.

Members of CUPE’s central negotiation table are preparing for a summer of action after negotiations with Extendicare’s management team stalled this week. The parties met at CUPE’s Ontario Regional office to negotiate a new collective agreement for eight of CUPE’s Extendicare locals.

April 1, 2026 marks four full years since CUPE 5430 members last received a wage increase – an unfortunate milestone that underscores the urgency to reach a fair deal for Saskatchewan’s frontline health care workers.