Five CUPE locals hosted the fifth annual CUPE Gives Back family picnic in Port Coquitlam on Saturday. Families and friends enjoyed hotdogs served up from the CUPE BC events trailer as well as popcorn, cotton candy, mini donuts, treats and...
Education International (EI) General Secretary warns that the world is off track in terms of achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 on quality education, including in literacy. More needs to be done to turn the tide and eradicate illiteracy. The...
CUPE 4163 Component 3 is shining a light on the University of Victoria’s poor treatment of sessional lecturers — and the impacts on both students and educators — with a public campaign on Victoria’s buses beginning this week. Lack of job security...
Education International welcomes the intervention of UK Member of Parliament Dan Carden who demanded that his country’s international aid be used to support universally accessible inclusive quality public education, and not private education providers in the Global South. Speaking in...
September 8 is International Literacy Day. CUPE believes literacy and skills training are fundamental rights for workers and for all people. We are facing significant changes in our workplaces and in our lives. In this environment, literacy and skills will be...
The fight for equality and respect is at the core of CUPE’s work as Canada’s largest union. We recognize that uniting against all forms of racial discrimination and hatred is central to our work to create a more just and...
Over 100 education support workers started the school year off by taking a stand at the Regina Public School Board meeting. Members and supporters of CUPE 3766 and 650 held an information picket to demand a fair deal for education workers. Both locals...
The following statement was issued by Laura Walton, president of the Ontario School Board Council of Unions, the designated bargaining agent charged with negotiating a central collective agreement on behalf of 55,000 education workers represented by the Canadian Union of...
The City of Peterborough’s plan to close its child care centres is a move that targets children, families and eliminates good jobs that are predominantly held by women, according to Trish Bucholz, a front-line child care worker and president of...
CUPE is pleased to see the NDP announcing that they will eliminate interest on student loans for both existing and future loans. This is great news for students who are struggling to deal with high rates of tuition at a time...