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SYDNEY, NS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Long term care workers from Northside Community Guest Home, represented by Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 1876, voted 97% in favour of a strike mandate, citing low wages and overwork due to understaffing as their main issues. “The last thing we want is to end up on strike,” admitted CUPE 1876 President Wanda Bond, “but the reality is that long term care workers are at their breaking point. Not just here, but across the province. We are stretched thin due...

LOCKEPORT, NS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Surf Lodge Long Term Care workers, represented by Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 3257, voted 100% in favour of a strike mandate. CUPE 3257 is fighting for fair wages that acknowledge their pivotal role in the health care system and improved recruitment and retention to reduce mandatory overtime issues. “Every day, long term care workers, whether LPNs, CCAs, Cooks, Ward Clerks, or Laundry workers, come to work and play an instrumental role in taking car...

HALIFAX, NS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ivy Meadows long term care workers, represented by Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 3618, voted 94% in favour of a strike mandate last week, joining a dozen other CUPE locals province-wide in their fight for fair wages and improved recruitment and retention. “It’s disheartening to know that we’re the lowest paid long term care workers in the Atlantic provinces and have the government do nothing about it,” admitted CUPE 3618 President Denise Tanner. “We’re...

EDMONTON, AB--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A battle to protect against an Alberta exit from the Canada Pension Plan is heating up with a new website and advertising campaign sponsored by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). CUPE Alberta President Raj Uppal announced the launch of www.donttouchcpp.ca and a robust advertising campaign. The website allows Alberta residents to easily email Premier Danielle Smith, NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi, and their own MLA, demanding to stay in the CPP. Uppal says th...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Following months of mergers and years of cuts, CUPE public health workers will hold a media briefing on the state of sexual health, communicable diseases, and waterborne illnesses in the province. The briefing will take on Wednesday, November 26 at 9:30 a.m. in room 331 of Queen’s Park and via Zoom. WHAT: Media briefing on the state of public health in Ontario WHO: Merima Kosteki, Public Health Inspector, Southeast Public Health Chris Eaton, Public Health Inspector, La...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Unionized public health workers from across Ontario will hold an urgent media briefing at Queen’s Park and virtually over Zoom to sound the alarm on the deteriorating state of the province’s public health system. Frontline workers will discuss the re-emergence and rapid spread of syphilis, chlamydia, and gonorrhea, escalating risks of E. coli and salmonella in Ontario’s drinking water, and the spread of measles as the public health system continues to buckle while it’s...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Ford Conservatives rushed to pass Bill 60 today, a move the Keep Water Public coalition says will make water less safe and less affordable for all Ontarians. Keep Water Public is a campaign opposing legislation that erodes public health protections and provides corporate control of Ontario’s water system. The Conservative’s omnibus Bill 60 turns water into a commodity by creating private water companies incorporated under the Business Corporations Act that will hav...

VANCOUVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CUPE 15 and CUPE 1004, the two unions who represent more than 6,500 inside, outside and parks workers in the City of Vancouver, are urging council to reconsider their approach to the 2026 budget. “We've seen a record number of residents speak out against this budget. It’s time for Mayor and Council to listen to their residents: no means no,” says CUPE 15 President Santino Scardillo. “If Council goes ahead with the zero percent property tax increase, it will have nega...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Milliman, Inc., a premier global consulting and actuarial firm, today released the latest results of its Public Pension Funding Index (PPFI), which analyzes data from the nation’s 100 largest public defined benefit plans. For the seventh straight month, the PPFI funded ratio improved in October, rising from 85.4% as of September 30 to 86.3% as of October 31, surpassing the previous high-water mark of 85.5% set at the end of 2021. Another month of strong investment retu...

EDMONTON, AB--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The union representing 12,000 education workers in Alberta says a new report calling for additional classroom support is stating the obvious. “There’s nothing new in this ‘new’ roadmap. We all know we need more staff in classrooms, and the UCP needs to make it happen,” said CUPE Alberta President Raj Uppal. “The issue of classroom complexity isn’t all that complex. We need more staff, not more reports.” Uppal said the strike by education support staff last winter...