According to the recently released South African Police Service crime statistics a woman is killed every three hours. From April 2018 and March 2019, 2,771 women were killed, and rape and sexual offences are on the increase.In an address to...
Last month, more than 66 per cent of around 80 eligible Google contractors at HCL signed cards in favour of union representation by IndustriALL US affiliate United Steelworkers. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has scheduled a representation election for...
Patient access to hospital care and services will be greatly diminished if the Doug Ford Conservatives move forward with future funding cuts to health care that in 2023, will climb to $255 million for Hamilton’s hospitals. Looking at detailed fiscal information from...
On Saturday, members of CUPE BC’s executive board who are men or identify as male participated in the “Be more than a bystander” workshop aimed at ending male violence against women. CUPE National President Mark Hancock joined them for the session....
CUPE believes that housing is a fundamental human right and that the federal government has a key role to play in ensuring that everyone has a safe and affordable roof over their head. But years of government inaction mean that...
After more than fifty negotiating sessions, outside municipal workers in Quebec City represented by CUPE 1638 reached a tentative agreement with la Ville de Québec on Tuesday, September 17. The collective agreement was renewed for five years – from January 1, 2019 to December 31,...
The BC Labour Relations Board has appointed mediator Trevor Sones to mediate contract talks between E-Comm Emergency Communications for British Columbia and CUPE Local 873-02 (Emergency Dispatchers of BC), which represents more than 500 emergency dispatchers, call takers and support...
“Christine Saulnier doesn’t just talk the talk. She walks the walk and we are proud to endorse her as the candidate for Halifax in the upcoming federal election,” says CUPE Nova Scotia President Nan McFadgen. CUPE National President Mark Hancock is...
CUPE is appalled, and deeply disappointed, by the images of Justin Trudeau wearing brownface and blackface. These are racist actions which make a mockery of other cultures and ridicule the historical and modern-day struggles experienced by racialized people in Canada...
A global week of climate action has been declared for 20-27 September 2019. These dates bracket an important United Nations summit on climate change.IndustriALL’s general secretary, Valter Sanches, says:“IndustriALL Global Union has fought for a Just Transition to a sustainable...