WINNIPEG, TREATY 1 – The city’s largest union questions mayoral candidate Kevin Klein’s suitability to lead in divisive times.
“At a time when CUPE has been advocating to council to favour Canadian workers, the last thing Winnipeg needs is a mayor who’ll bend a knee to American interests,” said Patrick Troughton, President of CUPE Local 500.
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The City’s largest union is applauding Mayor Gillingham’s recent campaign commitment to ensure municipal contracts are awarded locally, rather than to US-based or global corporations.
“Our union has been running a major campaign across social media and streaming platforms raising awareness about the impact of awarding major contracts to companies that don’t contribute to our local economy,” says Patrick Troughton, acting President of CUPE Local 500.
WINNIPEG, TREATY 1 – The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Manitoba is calling on the provincial government to pass proposed amendments to The Residential Tenancies Act (Bill 13) and immediately implement updates to The Residential Rent Regulations.
"We applaud the Manitoba NDP government for prioritizing affordability for working-class Manitobans," said Gina McKay, President of CUPE Manitoba.
WINNIPEG, TREATY 1 – It is with immense sadness that CUPE informs the community of the passing of Gord Delbridge, President of CUPE Local 500. Gord passed away last night, surrounded by his loved ones.
The loss of Gord is being felt deeply by the CUPE family across Canada, and especially here in Winnipeg.
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Manitoba’s largest labour union says a recent decision by the Manitoba Legislative Assembly Speaker banning words that call out harmful behaviour is wrongheaded and harmful.“The problem with racism isn’t the word ‘racism’,” said Gina McKay, President of CUPE Manitoba. “The problem is racist comments and actions.”
CUPE members were shocked last week when Progressive Conservative MLAs used harmful and racist stereotypes to degrade the Premier’s character.
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The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is warning against reckless calls from the Progressive Conservatives to force front-line health care workers back into unsafe environments, following the decision by the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) to suspend in-home services at a North End housing building due to serious safety concerns.
WINNIPEG, TREATY 1 – This week, CUPE Saskatchewan, the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour, and the Canadian Teachers’ Federation were granted leave by the Supreme Court of Canada to intervene in the Court of Appeal case concerning Bill 137: The Education Amendment Act, 2023.
In addition to concerns about the pre-emptive invocation of the notwithstanding clause to protect the Bill from being struck down by the courts, CUPE remains concerned that the legislation harms youth and sets a model for overriding workers’ Charter rights in the future.
WINNIPEG, TREATY 1 – CUPE Local 3873 is pleased to announce that library technicians in the River East Transcona School Division have ratified a new five-year collective agreement.
Over the life of the agreement, wages will increase by well over 30 percent, representing one of the strongest settlements in the education support sector.
For immediate release February 5, 2026
WINNIPEG, TREATY 1 – Manitoba’s largest labour union says the Wab Kinew government has nothing to learn from PC leader Obby Kahn on how to run healthcare in Manitoba.
“Obby Kahn was the face of a party that cut and privatized healthcare” says Gina McKay, President of CUPE Manitoba.
WINNIPEG, TREATY 1 – Manitoba’s largest labour Union says Manitoba Hydro needs to take advantage of the Manitoba NDP’s newest regulatory changes that allow for Manitoba Hydro to hire Institutional Safety Officers (ISOs).
“Wab Kinew’s NDP has made the changes needed to help keep Manitoba Hydro employees safe at work” says Michelle Bergen, President of CUPE 998.