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The courageous and tenacious fight by CUPE flight attendants to end unpaid work took centre stage at an international gathering of public sector union leaders mobilizing to defend and advance our rights.

This Tuesday evening, a tentative agreement was reached between Pascan Aviation and its 19 flight attendants, members of CUPE. The strike, which began on October 28, 2025, and lasted 323 days, has now been suspended.

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is warning the federal government against handing control of Canada’s major airports over to private investors, saying privatization will mean higher costs for passengers and more pressure on airport workers.

CUPE health care workers have voted 99% in favour of job action in Saskatchewan’s largest strike vote. Between September 8 and 14, 13,358 members cast their ballots to secure a decisive strike mandate after 3 years of stalling and concessionary demands from the employer at the bargaining table.

The workers of CUPE 4599 provide quality care for the residents of Kensington Health Long-Term Care and Hospice in Toronto’s Kensington Market. High workload, coupled with high stress and low pay has caused turnover at the home to skyrocket. With contract negotiations underway, the local is taking to the streets to call on the community to help them fight for better working conditions.

For months, 8 CUPE locals representing over 1,100 long-term care workers across Ontario have been kept waiting for a fair contract. Where other workers would have been able to go on strike to force the employer back to the table, these workers are denied that right under the Hospital Labour Disputes Arbitration Act (HLDAA), forcing them into a long and drawn-out process to get a fair contract.

As the Children’s Aid Society of Nipissing projects a $5-million deficit, the union representing its workers is calling on the agency to take a hard look at where its resources are going instead of continuing to demand that frontline workers do more with less.

Today, workers at Granite Ridge Care Community are holding a rally to call out ongoing staff shortages at the facility. Granite Ridge is operated by Sienna Senior Living and is a for-profit home that has routinely underpaid and undervalued frontline workers to generate higher returns for shareholders.

Flight attendants at Canadian North have filed a Notice of Dispute under the Canada Labour Code, citing a lack of meaningful progress in negotiations with the airline. Workers who keep northern communities connected say it’s time for fair pay and meaningful progress.

Niagara paramedics say they have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from residents across the region after launching a video series that gave the public an intimate look at the emotional toll of working on the front lines of emergency care.