CUPE joins allies on Parliament Hill to sound the alarm over Bill C-39

CUPE National Secretary-Treasurer Candace Rennick joined allies from the NDP, as well as First Nations, environment, and labour leaders at multiple events Thursday on Parliament Hill to raise the alar...

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Pump the Brakes on the West Coast Oil Pipeline, Washington Says | The Tyee

A letter obtained by The Tyee shows the state’s Ecology Department has serious concerns about spill risks and tanker traffic.

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Tell the government: Protect our right to strike!

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New/Mode | Make your voice impossible to ignore

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Trump officials cut 760,000 enrollees from ACA, claiming fraud

Vice President JD Vance’s anti-fraud task force concluded that the people were wrongly signed up for the government health care program.

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CUPE will defy Bill C-39’s unconstitutional limits on the right to strike if passed

The national executive board of Canada’s largest union, CUPE, has passed a unanimous resolution vowing to defy the Liberal government’s Bill C-39 limiting the constitutional right to strike if it is p...

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Unions Slam Liberals’ Federal Labour Code Changes | The Tyee

The Canadian Labour Congress says the legislation would let Ottawa break strikes.

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Gutting Canadians’ Charter rights will not make us stronger against Trump: CUPE

Canada’s largest union, CUPE, says new federal legislation tabled Monday is a direct attack on Canadians’ Charter rights and freedoms, and is calling on the federal government to halt the legislation ...

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Airport privatization will cost passengers and workers

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is warning the federal government against handing control of Canada’s major airports over to private investors, saying privatization will mean higher cost...

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Trump’s Canadian Tariffs Tear at Bond Between Twins Towns in Ontario and Michigan (Gift Article)

A 50 percent U.S. tariff on Canadian steel is crippling a major Ontario mill, driving mass layoffs and rupturing a century of cross-border life with Michigan.

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Why Do Workers Keep Dying on the Job? | The Tyee

On a day celebrating workers’ achievements, researcher Sean Tucker explains how we can prevent workplace fatalities.

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ALL HANDS ON DECK FOR CANADA

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Angela Hodgson - Why Ontario needs safe nurse staffing levels

Over the past two decades, she has been intimately familiar with the long-festering staffing crisis in Ontario’s hospitals. As a registered practical nurse (RPN), Angela has witnessed first-hand the d...

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America 'not at war' with Canada, insists U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent | CBC News

United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent insisted his country is "not at war" with Canada, then proceeded to mock the threat Canada could pose to his country with "submarines from the Edmonton m...

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Trump’s armed robbery in Venezuela draws values-free coverage

A “might is right” mentality consumes our government and infects the media

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Angela Hodgson - Why Ontario needs safe nurse staffing levels

Over the past two decades, she has been intimately familiar with the long-festering staffing crisis in Ontario’s hospitals. As a registered practical nurse (RPN), Angela has witnessed first-hand the d...

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Expedia Faces Off With Cuban Families Over Land Seized Decades Ago (Gift Article)

A trial involving claims against the travel company has opened in federal court. Dozens of such lawsuits have been filed since President Trump opened the door to them.

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Stittsville long-term care workers call out Sienna for failure to fix staffing levels at Granite Ridge Care Community

Today, workers at Granite Ridge Care Community are holding a rally to call out ongoing staff shortages at the facility. Granite Ridge is operated by Sienna Senior Living and is a for-profit home that ...

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Canada Hires U.S. Scholars From Harvard and Other Top Universities (Gift Article)

A crackdown on American academia by the Trump administration has handed Canadian universities a rare opportunity to lure some top researchers north.

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All in for good jobs and workers’ rights

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CUPE holds solidarity rally outside Villa Marconi, amid growing pile-up in the laundry department

The residents of Villa Marconi are running out of clean laundry, and it is due to negligent policy making by management. In June, members of CUPE 4793 held an information picket outside the long-term ...

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Opinion | The New Physics of Power (Gift Article)

It doesn’t take much for small powers to gain a big advantage over the powerful.

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CUPE joins rally against job cuts at the Queensway Carleton Hospital in Ottawa

In July, the Queensway Carleton Hospital announced that it would be cutting 101 jobs, including 87 nurses, 7 housekeepers and 4 emergency department personal care aides. The hospital is citing insuffi...

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Ralph Nader, Unsurprisingly, Still Wants You to Pay Attention (Gift Article)

Mr. Nader, 92, is no longer in the public eye, but he has not stopped fighting for whatever needs fighting, whether people are listening or not.

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Petition: Tell Canada to oppose the Mining Code and protect the deep sea from mining.

Sign the Greenpeace petition to tell Canada to oppose the Mining Code and protect the deep sea from mining.

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Tell the Senate: Reform Bill C-22

LAST CHANCE to fix #BillC22 surveillance powers that threaten Canadians' rights and privacy! Major companies and civil society groups are raising the alarm. Demand the Senate #ReformC22 now! 👉 https:/...

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Even the oil companies don't want to pay for new pipelines!

Our government shouldn’t gamble our money and our future on pipelines.

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How Small, Independent Newspapers Are Still Finding Readers (Gift Article)

In a world of failing newspapers, free weeklies like The Chronicle of Glens Falls, N.Y., are still finding readers. All it takes is owners who do absolutely everything.

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Villa Marconi engaged in union busting as agency staff are hired to fill union positions

The union representing staff at Ottawa’s Villa Marconi is calling out their employer’s union-busting tactics after discovering agency staff filling in for laid-off union members. Members in the laundr...

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The ‘Furthur’ Bus’s Long, Strange Trip, and Why It’s Returning to San Francisco (Gift Article)

Ken Kesey’s psychedelic bus, immortalized in “The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test,” is preparing for one more run. And to its owners, America sure could use it.

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