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CUPE long-term care workers will pause job action at an urgent treatment centre in Arichat, Nova Scotia. After discussions with community members and long-term care workers, CUPE 5032 has decided to pause their strike at the community clinic attached to St. Anne Community and Nursing Care Centre, which is staffed by their members.

Members of CUPE 2512, representing education workers at the Waterloo Catholic District School Board, will be canvassing door-to-door throughout Progressive Conservative MPP Brian Riddell’s riding of Cambridge on Saturday as part of CUPE’s province-wide ‘Paint the Province Purple’ day of action in support of publicly funded education.

New survey findings released today by the CUPE Saskatchewan Education Workers’ Steering Committee (EWSC) show that education support workers across the province are performing a wide range of medical procedures in schools – often without consistent training, clear direction, or adequate support.

CUPE 2512 and the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) strongly condemn the Waterloo Catholic District School Board’s decision to move ahead with significant staffing cuts despite a crisis in understaffing and growing student needs across the Board.

Some provinces have signed onto the federal pharmacare program. CUPE locals in these provinces have questions about how this program may interact with their current group benefits.

Members of CUPE 3730 have voted to ratify a new collective agreement following a challenging round of bargaining that included reaching an impasse and delivering a strong strike mandate.

CUPE 1622 members across the Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley have voted 97.5% in favour of strike action after bargaining with BC SPCA stalls.

CUPE 2326 and the Ville de Terrebonne signed a new collective agreement this morning for employees in the aquatics department, covering sixty lifeguard-swim instructors as well as reception staff. This unit is part of three certifications held by CUPE 2326.

Inside workers with the City of Vaudreuil-Dorion, in Montérégie region, voted 99% in favour of a mandate to apply pressure tactics, up to and including a strike, in union meetings held last Wednesday and Thursday.

Municipal workers in Colwood, represented by CUPE 374, will be conducting a strike vote next week after negotiations reached an impasse over the City’s proposal that would require workers to accept cuts to health-related leave in exchange for competitive wages.