Posts published in December 2025

On Friday, the City of Regina approved its 2026 budget – a budget that hurts workers and weakens public services.

“Cuts to public services and potential job losses are unacceptable,” said Kent Peterson, president of CUPE Saskatchewan. “City councillors that chose cuts over investing in communities will have to answer to voters and our members in the next election.”

Tyler Hutchinson, president of CUPE 21, said the budget will have direct consequences for some city employees, especially those in casual positions.

“These budget cuts target casual workers – people already living with precarious employment,” said Hutchinson. “They keep our city running, and these cuts could put their livelihoods and vital city services at risk.”

As we turn the page on 2025, we send our warmest holiday greetings from our CUPE family to yours.

In 2025, from east to west and north to south, we have once again demonstrated the power of workers when we stand together, and the importance of public services for our communities.

Despite global turmoil brought on by tariffs and trade wars, CUPE has stood strong to defend workers’ rights and our public services, and build a world where no one is left behind.

Our power comes from our members, our activists, and our leaders. For all you have done to make our union a stronger voice for working people - thank you.

On behalf of our 800,000 members from coast to coast to coast, we wish you and your family the very best for this holiday season and 2026.

Orders are open for CUPE’s annual calendar highlighting international solidarity activism. Get copies for yourself and your local today.

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Many of the moments captured in the calendar feature the courageous activism of our partners organizing for peace, justice, workers’ rights and human rights.

Worker-to-worker connections are at the heart of CUPE’s international solidarity work. Learn more about CUPE’s international solidarity work, and support CUPE’s Global Justice Fund, at cupe.ca/international-solidarity.

CUPE 79 members at Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital are fighting for a fair contract, but major issues for workers and patients are not being taken seriously by Sinai Health.

Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital is Canada’s largest complex care and rehabilitation hospital, yet many workers are not being paid near enough to afford to pay rent in the city they work in. These workers keep patients fed, and the hospital clean and safe, but are struggling to make ends meet.

Workers across the hospital have faced wages and conditions below industry standards, are required to work significant unpaid time, have seen alarming declines in health and safety, and dealt with inadequate staffing levels.

Meanwhile, senior managers at the hospital have seen huge wage increases. Nonetheless, Sinai Health has refused to engage with these issues and even rejected improvements on benefits, vacation, and other provisions that have already been agreed through negotiations at other hospitals.

Workers at Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital are hearing clearly from Sinai Health that they deserve less than their peers elsewhere.

As management refuses to engage with their concerns, workers face the prospect of being pushed into a lengthy arbitration process that would further delay a final contract and remove the opportunity to resolve these issues in an open process.

Workers at Bridgepoint need a fair deal that addresses the issues they are facing. A fair contract means better care and a safer healthcare environment. Contact the Sinai Health board members to ask them to ensure a fair contract for workers and patients.

CUPE 79 members at Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital are fighting for a fair contract, but major issues for workers and patients are not being taken seriously by Sinai Health.

Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital is Canada’s largest complex care and rehabilitation hospital, yet many workers are not being paid near enough to afford to pay rent in the city they work in. These workers keep patients fed, and the hospital clean and safe, but are struggling to make ends meet.

Workers across the hospital have faced wages and conditions below industry standards, are required to work significant unpaid time, have seen alarming declines in health and safety, and dealt with inadequate staffing levels.

Meanwhile, senior managers at the hospital have seen huge wage increases. Nonetheless, Sinai Health has refused to engage with these issues and even rejected improvements on benefits, vacation, and other provisions that have already been agreed through negotiations at other hospitals.

Workers at Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital are hearing clearly from Sinai Health that they deserve less than their peers elsewhere.

As management refuses to engage with their concerns, workers face the prospect of being pushed into a lengthy arbitration process that would further delay a final contract and remove the opportunity to resolve these issues in an open process.

Workers at Bridgepoint need a fair deal that addresses the issues they are facing. A fair contract means better care and a safer healthcare environment. Contact the Sinai Health board members to ask them to ensure a fair contract for workers and patients.