Flight attendants with Swoop Airlines certified to be represented by CUPE
The Canadian Union of Public Employees says it has been certified to represent 170 flight attendants at Swoop, the low-cost subsidiary of WestJet Airlines. Continue reading
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CUPE certified to represent hundreds of flight attendants at WestJet Encore
The Canadian Union of Public Employees says it has been certified to represent hundreds of flight attendants at WestJet Encore. Continue reading
Nearly 90% of Ontario long-term care staff experience violence: reports
By Greg Davis Videographer/Online Journalist
A poll has found that more than half of long-term care staff experience at least one incident of physical violence each week. Continue reading
New Brunswick nursing home workers face continued uncertainty amid flurry of court activity
The most recent ruling ensures that there will be no strike action from the more than 4,100 nursing home workers in the province until at least Thursday. Continue reading
Union says temporary court order delaying nursing home workers’ strike a ‘major, major mistake’
The order will stop the approximately 4,100 nursing home workers at 45 of the province’s 46 nursing homes from heading to the picket lines for 10 days. Continue reading
Nursing home workers strike looming in New Brunswick
By Morganne Campbell Digital Broadcast Journalist
More than 4,100 workers represented by Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) will participate in a strike vote next week. Continue reading
COMMENTARY: Canada’s largest union shames itself with embrace of Venezuelan dictator
How perverse that in a confrontation between an opulent dictator and the oppressed working poor, Canada’s largest labour union chooses to side with the former. Continue reading
Hospital union says dealing with hallway medicine, at odds with Ontario government’s fiscal promises
The union is urging the government to address its “moral obligation” to end “hallway medicine,” where patients spend days on stretchers in hallways. Continue reading
‘It’s our job to mobilize our troops’: Quebec unions gear up for election battle as top two parties seen as ‘anti-worker’
Almost 40 per cent of workers in Quebec are unionized, yet the two parties leading in opinion polls are considered far from union-friendly. Continue reading
CUPE has become certified bargaining agent for WestJet cabin crew members
The cabin crew members from one of Canada’s two major airlines will be represented by the country’s most high-profile unions, WestJet said in a news release issued Tuesday night. Continue reading