Listen NowCUPE Cast Tiffany Balducci Host Brianna Plummer Host Brittany Nisbett Host CUPE Cast Episode 43 – Stronger Together The new CUPE Cast is here! Back in March 2025, CUPE National held a Building Strong Locals Conference in Montreal. CUPE members from across the country gathered in one place to build their skills on member…
A happy May Day to CUPE Ontario members and to all workers marking International Workers’ Day. CUPE Ontario celebrates this day in solidarity with workers around the world. It is an opportunity to feel the power of our shared history of struggle, resilience and victories and to re-commit ourselves to the continuing fight for justice…
KINGSTON, ON – A recent survey of Ontario education workers including Educational Assistants, Early Childhood Educators, Child and Youth workers, custodians, maintenance and trades workers, and school secretaries represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) shows that a severe crisis in underfunding has led…
OTTAWA – A recent survey of Ontario education workers including Educational Assistants, Early Childhood Educators, Child and Youth workers, custodians, maintenance and trades workers, and school secretaries represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) shows that a severe crisis in underfunding has led to…
On this International Women’s Day (IWD) we give special thanks and recognition to the women and women-identifying members in CUPE Ontario and across our labour movement – for their courage, resilience and continuing dedication to the cause of justice, equality and human rights for all. The worldwide theme for this year’s IWD is Accelerate Action,…
This year, International Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) Awareness Day takes place just after the snap Ontario provincial election. CUPE Ontario and the Injured Workers Advocacy Committee are working with allies to hold the Ford Conservatives to account for their failure to protect workers. Deliberate and chronic underfunding of public services by Conservatives, combined with wage…
– Keep attention on Conservatives’ record of blame and bribes, says union – TORONTO—Putting the spotlight on the long record of hurt, damage, inaction, and corruption that Ford’s Conservatives have inflicted on workers and all Ontarians, CUPE Ontario has launched a bold new campaign to fire Doug Ford. The Fire the Boss campaign, aimed at…
This year’s International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia on May 17 falls at the end of the National Rainbow Week of Action, organized by Momentum Canada. It is vital that we show our support for the protection of rights for members of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. Support for the Rainbow Week of Action and the International…
CUPE Ontario is proud to mark Pink Triangle Day in recognition of the diversity, strength and resilience of 2SLGBTQI+ people, families, and communities in our province. We also join 2SLGBTQI+ communities and allies around the world in honoring the meaning behind the pink triangle. It was originally intended as a badge of dishonour, but solidarity…
