November 6 is CBO Workers’ Appreciation Day, recognizing and celebrating the vital role of Community-Based Organizations (CBO) workers in Saskatchewan. CBO workers are at the heart of a network of care and supportive services for Saskatchewan people and the most vulnerable in our communities.
The scariest thing this Halloween for Saskatchewan families, workers, and communities is not ghosts or goblins – it is the ticking clock on affordable child care, according to Kent Peterson, president of CUPE Saskatchewan.
Members of CUPE Saskatchewan’s Committee Against Racism and Discrimination (CARD) delivered petitions to the Saskatchewan Legislature today to call on the province to repeal the provincial government’s harmful Bill 137. The petition, which will be tabled in the legislature, calls for the anti-trans legislation to be repealed and the province to ensure that all 2SLGBTQI+ students are supported and protected in accordance with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Code.
Saskatchewan’s Health Provider Unions came to the legislature today to call for a new contract. Members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Service Employees International Union-West (SEIU-WEST), and the Saskatchewan Government & General Employees’ Union (SGEU) gathered on the steps of the legislature to call for a new collective bargaining agreement three years after the previous agreement expired.
After reviewing Scott Moe’s throne speech, CUPE Saskatchewan is alarmed that the government has no plans to strengthen public services, fix schools, end the health care crisis, or give workers a raise.
