The Alternative Federal Budget (AFB) has some solid advice for Finance Minister Bill Morneau: there’s no time to lose in tackling climate change, growing inequality and drastically underfunded public services. Morneau will deliver his fall economic update in the coming weeks, setting the stage for the Liberal government’s 2019 pre-election federal budget. Business groups [...]
What’s the best investment an ordinary working Canadian can make? Real estate? A balanced investment fund? The next hot tech stock? Bitcoin? The surprising answer is: none of the above. By far the best investment most working Canadians can make is to join a union. Let’s have a closer look. Union members in Canada are paid, on average, [...]
Labour Day is an opportunity for all of us to celebrate the progress and gains that workers have made in Canada and around the world. As we enjoy the last long weekend of summer with friends and family, let’s also reflect on our hard-fought victories for working people from the past year, and [...]
For Fangliang Xu, videographer at Carleton University and member of CUPE 2424, her inability to say “no” led to her getting involved with her local during a strike, and then setting off for adventure abroad. “When I heard about the pension issue I was still on a casual contract,” Xu recounts. “But everyone in the office [...]
Last Friday, the City of Fredericton was shaken by a terrible act of violence. In this difficult time for the community and our members, I offer my condolences and support to our members who are affected by the shooting, including members from CUPE 1709 (inside workers), CUPE 508 (outside workers), CUPE 1783 (transit workers), CUPE 3864 (professional technical group), CUPE 4848 (paramedics and [...]
National President’s Column One of the key decisions taken by CUPE members at our national convention last October was to create a National Task Force on Governance. In June, the Task Force began its important work. CUPE’s constitution hasn’t changed much since it was first approved 55 years ago in 1963. But as our country changes and the [...]
Childcare is possible in Ontario. We have never been closer to an affordable system of publicly funded childcare but to get there we need to think big to make universal childcare work for everyone.
Together for Respect Thank you to everyone for your support. A settlement has been reached. More Information Below.
Important Reminder Please do not forget to come and join us out front of your campus for a lunchtime rally on April 18 between 11am-1pm in support of the campaign put together by OCHU, SEIU, and UNIFOR designed for member mobilization to push Ontario hospitals to return to Bargaining and [...]
Together for Respect CUPE, SEIU and Unifor have formed an alliance that kicks off an escalating campaign of membership mobilization to push Ontario hospitals to return to bargaining and treat their staff with respect.