CUPE

• Saskatchewan health-care workers vote 99% in favour of job action: CUPE

  99 per cent of the more than 13,000 health-care workers who cast ballots in the CUPE Local 5430 vote were in favour of job action as the union works to secure a contract.

  Health

  Sep 15
  
• WestJet flight attendants hold information pickets as strike vote takes place

  Almost a year after Air Canada's flight attendants went on strike over the issue of unpaid work, flight attendants at WestJet are threatening to do the same.

  Consumer

  Jul 14
  
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• Protesters continue to target Doug Ford with rally outside premier’s Etobicoke office

  At the latest rally, attendees said they were worried about Ontario's new regulatory body for personal support workers.

  Canada

  Jul 8
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• Saskatoon chooses CUPE over YMCA to operate Harry Bailey Aquatic Centre

  The Harry Bailey Aquatic Centre will reopen its doors with the same CUPE 59 operator after possibly passing on the management to the YMCA following pushback from the union.

  Canada

  Jun 17
• N.S. long-term care strike could soon end after tentative deal reached: CUPE

  CUPE said this agreement would go to members at the facility within 10 days, though the union says it's hoping to complete it within 72 hours.

  Health

  Jun 7
• Talks with province break down in N.S. long-term care strike, says union

  A union representing striking long-term care workers in Nova Scotia says talks with the government have broken down and there are no other dates scheduled.

  Politics

  May 28
• Thousands of community and social workers on strike across Ontario

  Thousands of community and social workers across Ontario have walked off the job today, calling on the province to boost funding for their services.

  Canada

  May 25
• CUPE urges Saskatchewan government to take action as library workers face violence

  The Canadian Union of Public Employees said two libraries temporarily closed last year due to heightened drug use and violence nearby.

  Politics

  Mar 4
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• Ford says he will audit ‘left-wing radical groups’ opposed to government legislation

  Ford's warning came after members of the tenant advocacy group ACORN interrupted the legislature to protest a controversial omnibus bill that shortens some eviction timelines. 

  Politics

  Nov 25, 2025
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• Inquiry into Calgary care worker’s death calls for provincial legislative reforms

  The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), which represents front-line care workers across Alberta, strongly advocated for the report, published Thursday.

  Crime

  Sep 18, 2025