Hamilton & District CUPE Council

Hamilton & District CUPE Council Building public sector working-class power in Hamilton, Halton and Haldimand-Norfolk. Hamilton.cupe.ca

Labour Day 2025!
09/04/2025

Labour Day 2025!

The H&DCC is excited to announce that the will be joining our contingent at the Hamilton & District Labour Council at t...
09/01/2025

The H&DCC is excited to announce that the will be joining our contingent at the Hamilton & District Labour Council at the annual Labour Day parade tomorrow!
CUPE locals will be meeting in section 2 at Bay and Stuart st. March with us and join us at the picnic!

At the January 14th City of Hamilton Planning Committee Meeting, Councillor Maureen Wilson directed staff to prepare a b...
07/24/2025

At the January 14th City of Hamilton Planning Committee Meeting, Councillor Maureen Wilson directed staff to prepare a by-law to prohibit protests at places of worship and their facilities. This comes after several similar by-laws to prohibit protests at places of worship, hospitals, schools or other places deemed “sensitive infrastructure” have been passed or are being contemplated by Ontario municipalities.

As a council of labour unions, the Hamilton and District CUPE Council stands firmly against any infringement on the rights of workers and allies to protest, picket, demonstrate or otherwise freely associate and express themselves. These rights are clearly entrenched in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the City stands to entangle itself in needless lawsuits if it passes a by-law prohibiting protests.

The Council rejects any attempt to mask an attack on our rights as the protection of another group’s rights and sees this divisive framing for exactly what it is. Furthermore, a potential exception for picketing – which was included in a similar by-law by the City of Vaughan – is not enough. The labour movement is nothing without its allies in social movements and an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us.

Many workplaces represented by CUPE – like hospitals, Catholic school boards or faith-based social services – are close to or integrated with places of worship for historical reasons. Banning protests at these sites effectively limits our members’ freedom to protest over issues of safety, funding or collective bargaining. This development is especially concerning to healthcare workers, who make up the majority of the Council’s current membership and already experience significant restrictions to their collective bargaining rights.

As CUPE Ontario, Ontario Council of Hospital Unions and other labour, community and faith organizations have already done, the Hamilton and District CUPE Council commits to challenging any by-law that attacks our members’ freedom, at City Hall or in the streets.

The H&DCC also encourages members and allies to attend the Hamilton and District Labour Council's Education Committee's event on the topic on july 29.

H&DCC executives Kim, Mason and Taryn joined affiliated locals, and allies to protest outside the meeting of the Premie...
07/24/2025

H&DCC executives Kim, Mason and Taryn joined affiliated locals, and allies to protest outside the meeting of the Premiers and Prime Minister in Huntsville ahead of tariff talks with the Americans.
Workers and First Nations are demanding that governments end their agenda of profiteering via privatization and land theft.

Are you looking to get involved in labour activism? Join one of the H&DCC's committees to help us build solidarity in th...
07/24/2025

Are you looking to get involved in labour activism? Join one of the H&DCC's committees to help us build solidarity in the region! There are lots of ways to get involved and all hands are needed on deck. Let's organize and win!

Join your fellow CUPE members at the Hamilton and District CUPE Council by affiliating your local or joining us for a me...
07/24/2025

Join your fellow CUPE members at the Hamilton and District CUPE Council by affiliating your local or joining us for a meeting/event! Head to hamilton.cupe.ca/affiliate to fill out a form and get organized.

The Hamilton and District CUPE Council has officially re-launched and is hard at work organizing in the community! We ar...
07/24/2025

The Hamilton and District CUPE Council has officially re-launched and is hard at work organizing in the community!
We are working to empower public sector workers in the Hamilton, Halton and Haldimand-Norfolk regions through education, on-the-ground solidarity and a unified CUPE presence.

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