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Edmonton, AB--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This week’s announcement that the UCP government is pushing forward with a two-tier private healthcare model spells more bad news for Albertans needing care and for our entire public healthcare system. Despite a legal opinion substantiating that Bill 11 breaches the Canada Health Act, this government is determined to push forward with their privatization agenda to enrich their friends and healthcare insurance companies at the expense of Albertans. “The announced r...

HALIFAX, NS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Employers of workers from Admiral and White Hills Long Term Care Centres, and Bay Side Home have forced hundreds of long term care workers back on strike this week over remaining local issues despite the tentative agreement reached on June 6. Represented by Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 1259 and CUPE 2007, workers halted their strike action following the tentative agreement reached at the lead bargaining table with the understanding that any remaining l...

OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--One week after walking off the job, members of CUPE 2722 are renewing their call for Oxfam Canada to return to the bargaining table and negotiate a fair collective agreement that reflects the organization's stated values of equity, dignity, and social justice. The strike, which began on June 11, marks the first strike in the local's history. Outstanding issues include leave provisions for gender-affirming care, protections and supports for workers experiencing domestic...

ST. JOHN’S, NL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Canadian Union of Public Employees Newfoundland and Labrador (CUPE NL) is deeply concerned by NL Health’s use of a fake promise for an extra paid leave day during a cybersecurity test when health care workers are already stretched thin and continuously denied their leave requests. “While I understand that cybersecurity awareness is important, especially in a healthcare setting, targeting a benefit like paid time off is disgusting,” said CUPE Newfoundland and Lab...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--  UNITE HERE Local 11 : tandis que l’aéroport LAX s’apprête à accueillir le monde entier, le rapport de la « Commission de la vérité » de Los Angeles dénonce des abus systémiques en matière de travail chez Flying Food Group, un prestataire de restauration aérienne Alors que des méga-événements s’apprêtent à attirer des dizaines de millions de visiteurs à l’aéroport international de Los Angeles, un nouveau rapport approuvé par un panel éminent de dirigeants communau...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Angesichts der Großveranstaltungen, die voraussichtlich Millionen von Besuchern über den Los Angeles International Airport bringen werden, dokumentiert ein neuer Bericht, der von einer hochkarätigen Gruppe aus Vertretern der Zivilgesellschaft und Gewerkschaftsführern unterstützt wird, ein Muster schwerwiegender Arbeitsrechtsverstöße bei der Flying Food Group, einem Flugcatering-Unternehmen, das mit einer Sondergenehmigung der Stadt Los Angeles tätig ist. Die Beschä...

OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--California’s workers’ compensation fee schedules continue to hold the line on inflation for most scheduled medical services, but a new California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) study finds that a growing share of treatment rendered to injured workers in the state is billed under unlisted codes that fall outside fee schedule pricing controls, creating a new and increasingly important source of medical cost growth. The CWCI study, the second in a series o...

COLWOOD--(BUSINESS WIRE)--City of Colwood workers, represented by CUPE 374, and the City of Colwood have reached a tentative agreement. "After a challenging round of negotiations, we’re pleased that mediation was able to help the parties reach a deal that is in line with other settlements in Greater Victoria and also preserves health and wellness supports for workers,” says CUPE 374 President Shireen Clark. “We feel this new agreement strikes a fair balance. It addresses the challenges facing t...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With mega-events set to bring tens of millions of visitors through Los Angeles International Airport, a new report endorsed by a distinguished panel of community and labor leaders documents a pattern of serious labor violations at Flying Food Group, an airline catering company that operates under a special license from the City of Los Angeles. The workers at Flying Food Group are represented by UNITE HERE Local 11. The Report of the Los Angeles Truth Commission on...

OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CUPE is condemning a report released Thursday by a Senate committee that calls for the government to dramatically scale back the ability of workers at ports and in the rail sector to exercise their Charter right to strike. "The government should put this Senate report where it belongs – straight into the trash bin," said CUPE National President Mark Hancock. "We aren’t going to build a stronger economy by Americanizing our labour laws and stripping Canadian workers of t...