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New poll shows Niagara residents demand action on paramedic and dispatcher crisis as Regional Council refuses to listen

Niagara residents are sending a clear message: invest in paramedics before the system collapses. Niagara Region Council is refusing to listen.

Pharmacare and bargained drug benefits: what CUPE locals need to know

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.

CUPE reaches landmark agreement with important pay equity settlement for aquatics workers in Terrebonne

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.

Glen Haven Manor joins strike

Long-term care workers at Glen Haven Manor, represented by CUPE 2330, are expected to hit the picket lines at 7AM on May 27, bringing the total number of striking workers to approximately 3,600. They will be picketing at Glen Haven Manor, 739 E River Rd, New Glasgow.

Support staff at Salem Home and Calvary Place join CUPE and achieve first collective agreements

Health care support workers at Salem Home and Calvary Place, two long-term care facilities that joined CUPE in the past year, have each achieved a first collective agreement.

CUPE 786 hospital workers protest job cuts at Hamilton hospital with PSW and clerical positions on the chopping block

CUPE 786 members at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton held a rally this morning to protest job cuts. The hospital is eliminating more than 60 positions including personal support workers, clerical and administrative staff in response to provincial underfunding.

Governance crisis rocks the Centre de crise de Québec

The Centre de crise de Québec, a community organization offering emergency mental health services, is going through a governance crisis. For the past six months, management and staff have been facing off over staff representation on the board of directors.

Thousands of stories shared across Nova Scotia in support of a livable wage for striking long-term care workers

Over 7,500 Nova Scotians have submitted their ‘stories of care’ online, in support of the ongoing province-wide strike in long-term care (LTC) via storiesofcare.ca.

PSW Day rally at Doug Ford's office highlights the problems with HSCPOA

Personal support workers represented by CUPE are demanding the Ontario government fix a “fundamentally flawed” regulatory body that denies them rights and protections granted to other health care workers.

New data shows hospital admission wait-times increased 110% at Peterborough Regional Health Centre over five years

The majority of Ontario’s 136 hospitals including the Peterborough Regional Health Centre have carried operational deficits since 2022, and this puts an already precarious public system at risk, says a new analysis from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).