Racial justice strengthens our union and communities
This year is the 60th anniversary of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms Racial of Discrimination, marking a pivotal moment in the global fight against racism and the first of the core international human rights treaties. The progress achieved over the past 60 years, however, is increasingly being jeopardized around the world. On March 21, we recall the victims of the Sharpeville massacre who protested apartheid, pay tribute to all anti-racist global justice activists, and renew our efforts for racial justice.
World Water Day 2025: End water injustice, keep water public
March 22 is World Water Day – a day to highlight the vital importance of water for human life and ecological health and, as such, the need to protect water resources from pollution, privatization, and commercialization. The United Nations General Assembly recognized water and sanitation as fundamental human rights in 2010. These human rights to safe, reliable water and wastewater are being denied to many Indigenous communities in Canada. Water services and resources are also under growing pressure to privatize.
Scott Moe’s budget fails to give workers a raise or fix his crisis in health care and education
Today’s provincial budget by Scott Moe failed to invest in fixing Saskatchewan public services, his health care crisis or his broken education system. Scott Moe has shown Saskatchewan people that his promises to focus on health care and affordability were not worth the paper they were printed on.
Sign the deal: CUPE leaders send strong message to Scott Moe on child care
National leadership from Canada’s largest union were in Regina today to demand that Scott Moe and the provincial government join the 11 other provinces and territories who have already signed an extension to the federal childcare funding agreement.
NDP Leader Carla Beck earns delegate support at CUPE Saskatchewan convention
Today at the CUPE Saskatchewan convention, The Leader of the Official Opposition Carla Beck brought a keynote address to delegates, who voted to formally reaffirm its affiliation to the Saskatchewan NDP for the coming year.