Aspects of a pilot project announced by the Ministry of Education for students with autism are raising alarm bells about the future of fully accessible, public education in the province, [...]
Ontario’s Bill 33 (the Time to Care Act) is being voted on by MPPs at Second Reading on November 2. CUPE is calling on members across the province to contact their MPP to let them know that this [...]
The ongoing strike at Ontario’s 24 publically funded colleges puts some of the most vulnerable students at greater risk, say faculty at northern Ontario colleges. Read more.
Hospital staff across the province are calling on the Ontario government to increase funding for hospitals and long-term care facilities and add more permanent beds. Read more.
While much of the attention of a province-wide college strike has focused on the issue of job stability, one part-time instructor says many of her colleagues are also fighting for something they [...]
One year ago, Finance Minister Bill Morneau tabled Bill C 27 in the House of Commons, and today, amidst a stunning wave of revelations about the minister’s conflicts of interest, CUPE is [...]
The Thanksgiving season is often seized upon by farmworkers and activists to highlight agricultural workers’ contributions to society and the precarious conditions that so often characterize [...]
Most people expect a hospital to be a safe place. But physical, verbal and sexual assault is a growing problem in Ontario hospitals, according to the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). [...]
The head of a federal public service union has called on the government to strike a committee to examine bullying and harassment in the ranks of its workers, a move the NDP’s labour critic says [...]
Over the last 150 years, Canadian women have made notable strides toward gender equality in our workplaces and communities, and each year citizens and activists across Canada honour Women’s [...]
