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VANCOUVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Academic workers at the University of British Columbia have voted 95.4 percent in favour of taking strike action. Representing more than 3,500 teaching assistants, tutors, markers, exam invigilators, instructors, and graduate academic assistants, CUPE 2278 says the union has exhausted all other options to reach a fair collective agreement. “UBC is not taking the challenges our members face seriously, dismissing our clear priorities around improving working conditions...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ontario’s funding of for-profit surgical and medical imaging (MRI) services is increasing wait time and threatening public health care, says a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). In Not adding up: Surgical and diagnostic privatization in Ontario, CCPA senior researcher Andrew Longhurst analyses data from Ontario’s 918 licensed private centres—called integrated community health services centres (ICHSCs)—and two private hospitals offering...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ontario’s funding of for-profit medical imaging (MRI) and surgical services is increasing wait times and threatening public health care, says a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). In Not adding up: Surgical and diagnostic privatization in Ontario, CCPA Senior Researcher Andrew Longhurst analyses unpublished data – obtained through Freedom of Information requests – from Ontario’s 918 licensed private centres and two private hospitals offe...

SMITHERS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Municipal workers in Smithers, represented by CUPE 1570, have voted 90 percent in favour of strike action. “Our members are proud to provide public services in Smithers, and taking a strike vote is not a step we take lightly,” says Adrian Smith, President of CUPE 1570. “This result sends a clear message that workers want to see a different approach from the employer at the bargaining table.” CUPE 1570 and the Town of Smithers began bargaining in November 2025. Negotia...

Toronto, ON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Critical action needed by Premier Doug Ford on Ontario’s minimum wage...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ontario’s funding of for-profit medical imaging (MRI) and surgical services is increasing wait times and threatening public health care, says a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). In Not adding up: Surgical and diagnostic privatization in Ontario, CCPA Senior Researcher Andrew Longhurst analyses unpublished data – obtained through Freedom of Information requests – from Ontario’s 918 licensed private centres and two private hospitals offe...

OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Le Conseil exécutif national du SCFP, le plus grand syndicat au pays, a adopté à l’unanimité une motion s’engageant à défier le projet de loi C-39 du gouvernement libéral, qui restreindrait le droit fondamental de faire la grève s’il est adopté sans amendement. Le droit de grève est protégé par la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés, et la Cour suprême du Canada l’a confirmé en 2015. Ce n’est pas à la ministre de l’Emploi, sous ce gouvernement ou un autre, de décid...

OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--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 passed unamended through Parliament. The right to strike is a protected right under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms – a right affirmed by the Supreme Court of Canada in 2015. The jobs minister – under this government or any other – does not get to pick and choose whether...

KITCHENER, ON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With just two days of bargaining remaining before CUPE 1883’s September 26 strike deadline, union members, concerned residents, and allies will rally outside of Waterloo Regional Council on Wednesday evening. They will call on Regional Council to reverse management’s course at the bargaining table, show urgency to reach a fair deal, and commit to investing in critical public services. Despite the looming strike deadline, the Region has continued to bargain for th...

EDMONTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Les agent(e)s de bord de Flair Airlines ont obtenu une nouvelle rémunération pour le travail effectué avant les vols, dans le cadre d’une entente conclue entre Flair Airlines et le SCFP 4060. Cette entente s’inscrit dans la foulée des gains réalisés par les agent(e)s de bord membres du SCFP à d’autres tables de négociation du secteur du transport aérien, grâce à la campagne Le travail non payé, c’est du vol. « Ce n’est pas la fin de notre lutte, mais cette entente est...