Members of CUPE Saskatchewan’s Committee Against Racism and Discrimination (CARD) delivered petitions to the Saskatchewan Legislature today to call on the province to repeal the provincial government’s harmful Bill 137. The petition, which will be tabled in the legislature, calls for the anti-trans legislation to be repealed and the province to ensure that all 2SLGBTQI+ students are supported and protected in accordance with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Code.
Saskatchewan’s Health Provider Unions came to the legislature today to call for a new contract. Members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Service Employees International Union-West (SEIU-WEST), and the Saskatchewan Government & General Employees’ Union (SGEU) gathered on the steps of the legislature to call for a new collective bargaining agreement three years after the previous agreement expired.
After reviewing Scott Moe’s throne speech, CUPE Saskatchewan is alarmed that the government has no plans to strengthen public services, fix schools, end the health care crisis, or give workers a raise.
The union representing over 7,000 education support workers across Saskatchewan is calling out the Sask. Party government for neglecting crumbling infrastructure in its Building Schools Faster Act.
During National School Safety Week, the CUPE Saskatchewan Education Workers’ Steering Committee (EWSC) is calling for stronger protections to keep both students and staff safe in schools.
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is condemning the City of Saskatoon’s plan to transfer control of the Harry Bailey Aquatic Centre to a third-party group following renovations.
The future of affordable child care in Saskatchewan is in jeopardy.
Today, CUPE, the Official Opposition, and Child Care Now Saskatchewan hosted a press conference to sound the alarm and call on the provincial government to immediately renew the $10 a day child care deal.
CUPE Saskatchewan’s Education Workers Steering Committee (EWSC) is calling on the public to speak up about the impact that years of government underfunding has had on schools. The EWSC has launched a province-wide survey to hear directly from those affected by the cuts – education support workers, teachers, administrators, and parents.
CUPE Saskatchewan is launching a new province-wide multimedia campaign to profile CUPE public service workers. The Your Neighbour. Your Community. campaign highlights the human side of CUPE members that provide services across Saskatchewan.
CUPE held a press conference to condemn double-digit salary increases given to senior Saskatchewan Health Authority, SHA, executives while frontline health care workers represented by CUPE 5430 have gone nearly three and a half years without a wage increase.