Union leaders in Ontario have called off a strike by education workers, giving parents a last-minute reprieve. The decision to cancel a province-wide walkout by Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) workers came after weekend...

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the Doug Ford government “will spend all weekend at the table” trying to strike a deal that would avert another strike, CUPE’s central bargaining committee said in...

Parents in Ontario were bracing Thursday for the possibility of a strike by education workers that would close schools to in-person learning next week. The Canadian Union of Public Employees gave a five-day strike notice on Wednesday after bargaining...

Hundreds of thousands of parents and students should brace for more labour uncertainty in schools after unionized support staff are set to walk off the job again. Laura Walton, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees’...

Karen Brown, president of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, worries the province is creating “a pathway towards privatization” by diverting public funds she says are better spent lowering class sizes and increasing in-school supports....