{"id":10407,"date":"2026-05-22T21:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T19:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?guid=88a876172a0f597410648ac241a3ca48"},"modified":"2026-05-22T21:40:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T19:40:00","slug":"cupe-warns-carney-government-against-unprecedented-attack-on-workers-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?p=10407","title":{"rendered":"CUPE warns Carney government against unprecedented attack on workers\u2019 rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CUPE, Canada\u2019s largest union, is warning the federal Liberals against moving on proposals to curb the Charter-protected right to strike and further tilt the balance of power toward major corporations and employers.<\/p><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260522552836\/en\/807835\/5\/Logo_CUPE_Communique.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260522552836\/en\/807835\/22\/Logo_CUPE_Communique.jpg\" \/><\/a><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260522552836\/en\/807835\/5\/Logo_CUPE_Communique.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260522552836\/en\/807835\/21\/Logo_CUPE_Communique.jpg\" \/><\/a><p>\nWhile CUPE remains open to discussing ways to improve labour relations and preventing conflicts, CUPE National President Mark Hancock says the changes \u2013 proposed in a discussion paper as part of a hasty federal consultation on reforming the labour code \u2013 seem more geared toward taking rights away from everyday people in order to make life easier for Bay Street.<\/p><p>\n\u201cWhen governments erode the balance of power by weakening the right to strike, all Canadians lose,\u201d said Hancock. \u201cWe are not going to build a stronger Canada by Americanizing our labour laws and throwing workers\u2019 rights out the window.\u201d<\/p><p>\nHancock pointed to evidence in Canada and around the world showing that jurisdictions that protect collective bargaining and the right to strike have better outcomes when it comes to labour peace and avoiding labour stoppages.<\/p><p>\nCUPE National Secretary-Treasurer Candace Rennick said the timing of the Liberal government\u2019s reported plans is especially alarming given the recent international ruling affirming that the right to strike is a protected right under international law.<\/p><p>\n\u201cThe International Court of Justice has just reaffirmed that the right to strike is protected under ILO Convention 87,\u201d said Rennick. \u201cCanada signed Convention 87 and Canada is bound by it. So why, at the exact moment the international community is strengthening protections for workers, is this government moving in the opposite direction?\u201d<\/p><p>\nRennick said governments that undermine bargaining rights inevitably create more instability, not less.<\/p><p>\n\u201cYou cannot legislate labour peace by stripping workers of their constitutional rights and their leverage at the bargaining table,\u201d Rennick said. \u201cHistory has shown us that when governments interfere in free collective bargaining, they poison labour relations and create deeper conflict.\u201d<\/p><p>\nCUPE also warned that attacks on strike rights are attacks on democracy and the Charter itself.<\/p><p>\n\u201cThe labour movement fought for these rights. Workers were jailed for these rights. Some workers died for these rights,\u201d said Hancock. \u201cMark my words: we will not stand idly by if the government attempts to dismantle rights that generations of us fought and sacrificed to win.\u201d<\/p><br\/> <b>Contacts<\/b> <br\/><p>\nHugh Pouliot\n<br\/>CUPE Communications\n<br\/>613-818-0067\n<br\/><a  href=\"mailto:hpouliot@cupe.ca\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\">hpouliot@cupe.ca<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OTTAWA&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;CUPE, Canada\u2019s largest union, is warning the federal Liberals against moving on proposals to curb the Charter-protected right to strike and further tilt the balance of power toward major corporations and employers.<br \/>\nWhile CUPE r&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infos-businesswire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10408,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10407\/revisions\/10408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}