A three-day strike by SkyTrain workers has been averted, thanks to a new tentative agreement reached early this morning following a marathon bargaining session between CUPE 7000 and the BC Rapid Transit Company (SkyTrain). Details of the tentative agreement will not...
Today, Human Rights Day, Education International, its affiliates and the global trade union movement stand with trade unionists and all those who defend human rights in the Philippines. For far too long, voices critical of the Philippine government have been...
Trade union organizations around the world, national and international, are taking action on December 10, International Human Rights Day, to highlight organized violence against trade unionists and rights defenders in the Philippines. According to the Philippines' Center for Trade Union...
A substantial session, led by Sanjyot Vadavkar, was dedicated to the needs of women in the sector and the opportunities that organizing drives among women provide for the trade union movement.Speaking about the situation of women in the steel industry...
More than 200 Port Coquitlam residents enjoyed a free skating event thanks to the work and support of CUPE 498, the Port Coquitlam Municipal Workers. Kids, families, couples and seniors alike participated in the free, hour and a half-long event,...
This week in Amsterdam, progressive voices from across the world including labour leaders, researchers, and grassroots activists, are coming together to talk about bringing public services back in house. The Future is Public conference continues the work CUPE does with our...
CUPE is sounding the alarm about acute staffing shortages in the CISSS du Bas-Saint-Laurent integrated health and social services centres. They appeared before the Board today, and are demanding an urgent meeting with Danielle McCann, the Minister of Health and...
The Ontario provincial government has no mandate to “hurriedly” pass legislation (Bill 138) which opens health care clinical and support services to aggressive privatization. “Health service privatization seems to be a cruel holiday gift to people in Ontario who are sick, patients...
CUPE is disappointed that the Liberal government’s top priority won’t be immediate help for Canadians who need it most - but a costly tax cut that benefits those that need it least. Instead of showing that his minority government will pursue...
In yesterday’s Throne Speech, the Trudeau Liberals promised to help people who are sick to get the help they need. The government acknowledged that too many Canadians suffer financial hardship because of the cost of their medications. Our patchwork system...
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.