CUPE has filed an application at the Canada Industrial Relations Board to represent flight attendants at WestJet Encore. A majority of WestJet Encore flight attendants have signed cards supporting unionization with CUPE, after citing the need for better schedules and better opportunities for...

The parties met in Hamburg, Germany at the beginning of April to review the work of the last two years and to develop plans for 2019 and 2020.  Participants from India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Turkey and Myanmar attended the two-day workshop....

Empty promises and meaningless phrases in the Ford government’s budget announcement mask the true harm that will be done to Ontario’s students and system of public education, said the leader of the council that represents 55,000 education workers in CUPE. The...

In a letter to the company dated to 11 April 2019, IndustriALL general secretary Valter Sanches said: “We are outraged with the reports about the anti-union policies and practices engaged by the management of Belaruskali, which have resulted in the...

A total of 25 union representatives, including eleven women organizers, who are members of IndustriALL Global Union affiliates, the Indian National Mine Workers Federation (INMF) and Hind Khadan Mazdoor Federation (HKMF) participated in the workshop, organized as part of IndustriALL’s...

The Secretary General of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) in the Philippines has been named as recipient of a top international prize for trade union rights.   France Castro, a top trade union activist in the Philippines, has been...

IndustriALL assistant general secretary Jenny Holdcroft said, “It is good that the Court has decided to allow more time for negotiations between the Accord and the BGMEA and the Government. The Accord cannot cease its operations without a resolution that...

The Women’s Department of the Nepal National Teachers' Association has organised a training of trainers for leadership development in the union, schools and society for women members, with the objective of providing them with a gender specific agenda. Forty-five Nepal...

Resolutions and proposed constitutional amendments Resolutions and proposed constitutional amendments must be received no later than July 9th, 2019. A copy of the convention resolutions book will be posted on CUPE’s website 30 days prior to the convention. Please refer to...

In response to ongoing union campaigns for paid leave and improved support for victims of domestic violence and abuse, Canada's federal Labour Code has been amended to include a clause requiring all federally-regulated workplaces five days of paid leave for...