CUPE Manitoba Celebrates Women’s History Month

CUPE Manitoba Celebrates Women’s History Month

CUPE’s Engagement with Women’s History Month

Every October, CUPE Manitoba proudly joins Canadians in celebrating Women’s History Month a time to reflect on the contributions of women, in all their diversity, throughout history and to reaffirm our commitment to gender equality in our workplaces, communities, and beyond.

Promoting Union Leadership
As Canada & Manitoba’s largest public sector union, CUPE is committed to creating opportunities for women, in all their diversity, to lead. We continue to fight for equal pay, safe and fair working conditions, and the protection of strong public services. CUPE encourages women to step into leadership roles at all levels of the union.

Union Education
Through workshops such as Women Breaking Barriers, CUPE provides spaces for members to explore women and gender based oppression, develop leadership skills, and build strategies for social change. These educational initiatives help women, in all their diversity, gain confidence, strengthen solidarity, and challenge inequities within the labour movement.

Advocacy and Action
CUPE’s work for women & gender equality extends beyond celebration. Through bargaining, political action, and advocacy at national and international levels, CUPE fights systemic oppression, defends reproductive rights, and challenges the undervaluing of care work in our economy.

This Women’s History Month, CUPE members unite together to honour the past, celebrate progress, and continue the fight for a future rooted in equality and justice for all.

In Solidarity,

Helen Tavares

Women and Gender Rights Diversity Vice – President

Local 3473

Helen Tavares is the Women and Gender Rights Diversity Vice – President. She is a CUPE Local 3473 member.