Jason Kenney’s proposal to bring back a flat tax is a gift to Albertans making high salaries, but it won’t put a dime into the pockets of regular Alberta families, said CUPE Alberta President Marle Roberts today. On the weekend, delegates...
On the eve of the Provincial Legislature’s dissolution ahead of a June election, the head of CUPE Ontario called a failed last-minute effort by the governing Liberals and the Opposition PC Party to force striking academic workers at York University...
After 20 years of privatization, Moncton city council has the opportunity to take back control of the city’s drinking water treatment plant. On Monday, May 7, CUPE called on the city to develop a plan to run and maintain this...
Education activists, teachers and global union leaders went to London to urge shareholders at the Pearson Annual General Meeting to stop funding Bridge International Academies, a for-profit company that makes money by shortchanging the education of thousands of at risk...
IndustriALL Global Union, the Building and Wood Workers’ International, the European Federation of Building and Wood Workers and Swiss affiliate Unia were joined by representatives of LafargeHolcim workers from Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Uganda and the USA.In...
08.05.2018 The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), to which IndustriALL Global Union affiliates - the Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers Union, the National Union of Mineworkers, and the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union...
This week, during the CUPE Newfoundland Labrador annual convention, members and locals came together to raise funds for the creation of the SKS Child Care Centre to be built in St. John’s, NL. In all, $22,500 was raised to support Susan...
The path to resolving a nine-week labour dispute at York University requires negotiation, not arbitration, the union representing 3,000 striking academic workers said today. “We reiterate the call we have repeatedly made over the past eight weeks for York University to...
CUPE Local 2020 will have new members driving school buses in Haida Gwaii next school year, as School District 50 has decided not to renew its contract with private company First Student Canada and will instead bring student transportation in house....
The K-12 Presidents Council met May 1 – 3 in Burnaby. CUPE BC President Paul Faoro and Secretary Treasurer Trevor Davies attended. Faoro brought greetings from CUPE BC and announced that the Premier’s Awards for Excellence in Education will, for...