Labour Day 2024: strength in unity

CUPE National

Labour Day is our day to celebrate the achievements of CUPE members and workers across Canada and around the world. It’s our chance to reflect on the struggles we’ve overcome and the challenges we face ahead. It’s our day to celebrate the strength we draw from worker solidarity and unity.

Our movement has marked some historic achievements over the past year, including the passage of federal anti-scab legislation that CUPE members have spent generations fighting for.

We have also celebrated some important political wins, including the election of the first First Nations provincial premier when Wab Kinew led the NDP to victory in Manitoba in October.

Over the past year, from Vancouver Island in BC to the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland, and everywhere in between, CUPE members have stood up and won strong wage increases to keep up with record inflation. They have achieved this in the face of governments and employers who did everything they could to see us fail. We showed yet again just how tough and resilient our members are when they stand united.

But in this moment, we also recognize the attempts by corporate Canada and some political leaders to pit us against one another, and to convince us our struggles are the fault of our neighbours or temporary foreign workers. We know that high rents are the result of greedy landlords and speculators and we know that low wages are caused by provinces keeping minimum wages artificially low and employers hoarding record profits. We know that shifting blame for these problems on our fellow workers and those who share our hopes and dreams only weakens us all. We know that our strength lies in our solidarity.

That is precisely why we will remain focused on the issues that matter to CUPE members and working people in Canada – fighting for the dignity of all workers, winning wage increases that we all deserve, fighting corporate greed, and defending our rights against attacks from the far-right.

As we mark this Labour Day, let’s continue building worker solidarity and finding strength in unity for the fights ahead.

June Social and GMM

June Social and GMM

It’s appears that the previous email had a glitch, my apology for the inconvenience.

June Social and GMM will be on June 05, 2024 at 5:30pm. Please see below for details:

Date: Wednesday June 05, 2024
Time: 5:00pm arrival, meeting to begin at 5:30pm
Location: Clocktower Brew Pub (418 Richmond Road)
What: Food will be provided by the local. Members are responsible for their own drinks.

To reserve your spot, rsvp to Max – No later then May 27, 2024!

March GMM

Reminder that our next GMM is March 06, 2024 at 12pm.

We are happy to inform you that moving forward you can attend the GMM in person (1378 Triole St. CUPE Regional Office) OR via virtual.

The link will be sent the morning of the GMM.

For those who attend the meeting in person, there is ample free parking at the back of the building and food will be provided.

Thanks,
In Solidarity / En Solidarité
CUPE Local 2195