Celebrating community at Back to Batoche
CUPE Saskatchewan was proud to take part in Back to Batoche Days, the largest outdoor Indigenous festival in Canada. Held annually at the Batoche National Historic Site, the festival brings thousands of people together to celebrate Métis culture, history, resilience, and community.
Low wages are pushing Saskatchewan’s health care system to its breaking point: health care workers will hold a strike vote in September
Saskatchewan’s frontline health care workers will hold a strike vote in September. Members of CUPE 5430, who work in hospitals, long-term care homes, community health facilities, laboratories, and other medical services across the province, continue to provide exceptional care despite increasing workloads, chronic short staffing, and years without meaningful wage improvements.
CUPE Back to Batoche Canoe Trip returns to the river
An intrepid group of members and guests participated in the CUPE Back to Batoche Canoe Trip by paddling along the same shores that 141 years earlier saw a force of First Nations and Métis warriors defend their way of life against Canadian militia forces.
University of Regina Employees’ Union signs new four-year collective agreement with the University of Regina
CUPE 5791, representing employees at the University of Regina, is pleased to announce the signing of a new four-year collective agreement.
The agreement delivers meaningful wage increases, enhanced benefits, and improvements to working conditions that reflect the valuable contributions CUPE 5791 members make to the University community every day.
Scott Moe’s cuts lead to job losses at libraries in Weyburn and Estevan; system needs to be fixed
CUPE Saskatchewan is sounding the alarm about the elimination of adult programming positions in the Estevan and Weyburn locations of the Southeast Regional Library. Scott Moe is past due on the need to fix the broken regional library funding system.
The recent job losses impact two members of CUPE 2174, representing library workers in the Southeast Region Library system. These adult programmer positions support job seekers, digital literacy, and other forms of skill development.
“Regional libraries are the heartbeat of communities across Saskatchewan. These cuts to the adult programmer positions will reduce access to valuable services people in Weyburn and Estevan rely on,” said Kent Peterson, President of CUPE Saskatchewan. “We are calling on the provincial government to provide emergency funding so the Southeast Regional Library can reinstate the positions and the services they provide.”