CUPE

• Queen’s University workers set strike deadline over pay and staffing concerns

  Queen’s University workers have set a Feb. 3 strike deadline. CUPE cites falling wages, understaffing and rising workloads. Unions are urging action to improve conditions.

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• Job action to begin Monday at Edmonton and area schools

  Picket lines will go up Monday at three public schools in Edmonton and at all schools in the Sturgeon Public School Division as support staff begin a job action.

  Education

  Jan 12
  
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• Thousands of school support staff go on strike, hit Fort McMurray picket lines over wage dispute

  The average school support worker in Alberta earns $34,500 per year, CUPE Alberta president Rory Gill said in an interview Tuesday.

  Education

  Jan 7
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• Queen’s University workers overwhelmingly vote in favour of strike

  Queen’s University workers have overwhelmingly backed strike action. CUPE locals cite low wages, staffing shortages and rising costs ahead of potential job action in 2025.

  Education

  Dec 18, 2024
• Saskatoon Public Library workers engage in 1-day strike action

  Libraries around Saskatoon were closed Tuesday as workers from the CUPE 2669 union walked off the job as part of a one-day strike.

  Consumer

  Nov 12, 2024
• 72-hour strike notice served by Fort McMurray education support workers

  Classes will continue for most of the student body with limited resources. Students in specialized or assisted programs may be required to stay home. 

  Canada

  Nov 9, 2024
• Saskatoon Public Library workers give strike notice

  Saskatoon Public Library workers have issued a strike notice for Tuesday if an agreement is not reached.

  Canada

  Nov 7, 2024
• Alberta’s use of dispute board to delay education strike a sign of what’s to come: Labour expert

  Similar to a mediator, a disputes inquiry board is a neutral third party that aims to work with both sides to come to an agreement when one can't be reached through bargaining.

  Politics

  Oct 23, 2024
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• CUPE calls for Fred Hahn to resign, says demand is not due to pressure from Ford

  On Tuesday, the national arm of the Canadian Union of Public Employees passed a motion asking vice-president Fred Hahn to resign.

  Canada

  Aug 22, 2024
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• Ontario hospital workers awarded 6% pay increase, new agreement on agency nurses

  Around 65,000 hospital workers in Ontario have been given a two-year pay increase in an arbitration decision that also hands the union more insight into agency nursing costs.

  Health

  Apr 19, 2024