Two workers were killed and thirteen more were injured at a shipbreaking yard in Sitakund, Bangladesh on 31 August, providing a stark reminder of the need to implement basic safety measures in shipbreaking in the South Asia region.Sixteen union activists...
Members of CUPE 1761, municipal workers with the Town of Placentia, NL, have finalized a new collective agreement with their employer today. The union successfully pushed back the zero wage increase offered by the town. The new contract includes wage increases and...
The union that represents education workers at Toronto District School Board (TDSB) is charging the board with hiding the real numbers of the budget cuts that TDSB has made to programs and services and with under-reporting the true impact the...
When it comes to hospital funding, Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government is “worse than Mike Harris” new data reports released in Stratford today by the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) show. For Doug Ford’s government to keep its proposed budget...
CUPE 441 members who work in K-12 have taken a strike vote in support of their bargaining committee. Voting was held on nine occasions at two locations during the month of August, concluding on August 27. A large number of...
The first day of the 2019 fall session at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) will not take place. The university’s support employees will go on strike on September 3, 2019 at 12:01 am for 24 hours. “The university community...
In Nova Scotia, we look out for each other and, from Yarmouth to Meat Cove, CUPE is looking out for you. You can find us providing service in hospitals; supporting seniors, children and people with disabilities; and working in our schools,...
CUPE 173, K-12 support workers at School District 74 in the northern Fraser Canyon reached a tentative agreement on August 28 following five sessions of bargaining that began in July. “Because this time we actually could bargain, and both sides wanted...
Calling all CUPE members in Newfoundland and Labrador! Please join President Sherry Hillier, Lead Negotiator Ed White, and Regional Director Jacquie Bramwell for one of these very important meetings. They hope to meet with and hear from every member at stops...
As summer draws to a close and Labour Day weekend approaches, we celebrate the long list of collective achievements across our 56-year history, our successes over the past year, and the power and potential of worker solidarity for our future...
The International Alliance in Support of Workers in Iran (IASWI) was formed in 1999 in Toronto-Canada and formally announced its formation in January 2000. In nearly two decades of continuous activism, we have played an impactful role in securing international support for Iranian workers’ struggles against the Islamic Republic of Iran, employers, and the inhumane conditions the capitalist order has imposed on working-class lives in Iran. During these years, our politics and the foundational basis guiding our activism have been predicated on working-class traditions with an uncompromising emphasis on working-class independence and autonomy.