CUPE Local 37

Le 8 mars, le SCFP participe aux célébrations mondiales de la Journée internationale des droits des femmes.

Aujourd’hui, comme tous les jours, le SCFP célèbre le militantisme syndical des femmes.

Les femmes du SCFP ont toujours été à l’avant-garde de la lutte pour la justice de genre. Que ce soit aux tables de négociation, lors d’actions politiques ou sur les piquets de grève, elles sont des leaders visionnaires au sein de notre syndicat. Les féministes du SCFP misent sur leur pouvoir collectif pour lutter en faveur de services publics résilients, de salaires justes, d’équité en matière d’emploi et de meilleures conditions de travail.


On March 8, CUPE joins the world in celebrating International Women’s Day.

Today and every day, CUPE celebrates women’s union activism.

CUPE women have always been at the forefront of the fight for gender justice. At the bargaining table, through political action, and on the picket lines, women are powerful leaders in our union. CUPE feminists have used collective power to fight for stronger public services, fair wages, employment equity, and better working conditions.

Yet, women are still far more likely to be subjected to violence and harassment at work, especially if they are also young, persons with disabilities, Black, Indigenous, or gender-diverse. CUPE is working to end gender-based violence in all its forms – at work, at home, and in our union.

THANK YOU to the thousands of Albertans who marched to the Legislature yesterday.

We sent the provincial government a clear message: We deserve better.

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Premier Smith, it’s time to do the right thing. Stop the secret wage cap mandates. Bargain fairly. Fund public education appropriately, and give education workers the wages we deserve. Come to the table. We saved you a seat.

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It's time to use our outside voices!

SUPPORT EDUCATION WORKERS NOW 📢

Head to www.supporteducationworkers.ca to take action and help make a difference.

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CALGARY, AB – Four groups of educational support workers set up picket lines today and join existing strikes already in progress across Alberta.

The four groups include:

CUPE Local 40, 800 employees of the Calgary Board of Education.
CUPE Local 520, 350 employees of the Calgary Catholic School Division.
CUPE Local 3484, 570 employees of Black Gold School Division.
CUPE Local 5040, 300 employees of Foothills School Division.

These workers join over 4,000 others on strikes in Edmonton, Fort McMurray and Sturgeon County. A further 400 workers at Parkland School Division are engaging in ‘work-to-rule’ actions.

CUPE Alberta President Rory Gill says his members are tired of poverty-level wages and low funding levels for education. Alberta has the lowest education funding of any province in Canada. The average school support worker in the province makes just $34,500 per year.

“A good education requires well paid, satisfied support staff,” said Gill. “Some support workers have endured 30% inflation over a decade without any wage increases.”

Gill said support workers are striking because they feel low wages are having an impact on learning. Some school districts have up to 10% vacancy rates.

“We understand the impact this has on students, especially students with special needs,” said Gill. “However, students are affected by low wages, high turnover of staff, and vacancies in support positions. Doing nothing will make things worse.”

Gill blamed the Alberta government for the situation.

“We warned the province that if they didn’t take action, the strike would spread, and today that’s coming true,” said Gill.

“We want the province to take responsibility, fund our schools properly, and end this dispute.”

FUND EDUCATION NOW 👏

The Executive at Local 37, and Social committee members want to thank all the members and their families for attending today’s Children’s Winter Festival. We had a lot of fun this afternoon, and hope everyone gets out and enjoys this nice weather.

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Pension plans benefit retirees, their communities and the economy On February 20, CUPE is marking Pension Awareness Day by calling attention to the benefits of workplace pension plans for Canadian workers, local communities and the economy as a whole.