Toronto Rally
Rebuild and improve public health care: NO to cuts and privatization.
A call to recognize, protect and support
Last week, on September 21 and 22—for the first time ever—women foreign ministers came together at a meeting hosted by Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Chrystia Freeland, and her European Union counterpart, Federica Mogherini. A group of civil society organizations from the Women, Peace and Security Network-Canada have come together to use this summit as [...]
Alternative Federal Budget 2019
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 [...]
Joining a union best investment of all
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, [...]
Facing the Challenges Ahead Together
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 [...]
Labour Day 2018
We would like to wish all of you a happy and safe Labour Day long weekend, and just a reminder that we will closed on Monday September 3rd 2018 Annual Hamilton Labour Day parade Monday, September 3rd 2018. We will be lining up at 10am on Stuart Street (at Bay [...]
Important Notice Regarding New By-Laws
The proposed new by-laws are now available for viewing. Please login to the Member Portal, where you will find a copy of the current By-Laws; a copy of the proposed By-Laws; and, a PowerPoint presentation explaining the proposed changes.
Important Administration Notice
Next Steps and Dates to Ending Administration - As you are aware, we have applied to the Ontario Labour Relations Board for an extension to the Admin...
CUPE – Counterpoint
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 [...]
Solidarity with Fredericton
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 [...]