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

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.

The union representing staff at Ottawa’s Villa Marconi is calling out their employer’s union-busting tactics after discovering agency staff filling in for laid-off union members. Members in the laundry department were unceremoniously laid off by management in June, leaving the department short-staffed and under-resourced.

A new report reveals that the expansion of affordable child care services in Ontario has delivered a substantial economic boost to the province, even as the Province falls behind in implementing the new national program.

CUPE 65-09 and the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) strongly condemn the Rainy River District School Board’s decision to move ahead with staffing cuts, warning that the reductions will remove critical supports from kindergarten classrooms and place additional pressure on RRDSB education workers.

CUPE Saskatchewan President Kent Peterson joined Early Learning and Childcare Shadow Minister Joan Pratchler this morning as she launched a new campaign for people to send a message to Education Minister Everett Hindley demanding affordable child care.

CUPE 3166 and the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) strongly condemn the Halton Catholic District School Board’s decision to move ahead with significant staffing cuts despite longstanding concerns about understaffing and increasing workload pressures across the Board.

The YMCA of Northern Alberta has removed three long-term employees who just happened to be leading an effort to get other employees to join CUPE.

On Friday, the federal government announced additional child care funding. This is promising for the many families, workers, and centres across Saskatchewan – especially at a time when Scott Moe’s damaging cuts are about to take effect with serious consequences.

One week after walking off the job, members of CUPE 2722 are renewing their call for Oxfam Canada to return to the bargaining table and negotiate a fair collective agreement that reflects the organization’s stated values of equity, dignity, and social justice.