CUPE Local 1883

06/02/2026

National AccessAbility Week takes place from May 31 to June 6, 2026.

This week is an opportunity to celebrate the achievements and contributions of persons with disabilities while recognizing the ongoing work needed to build a more accessible and inclusive Canada for everyone.

This year’s theme, “Building a Strong, Accessible Canada,” reminds us that our communities, workplaces, and public services are stronger when everyone has equal opportunity to participate and thrive.

As union members and public service workers, we believe accessibility is a collective responsibility. Creating barrier-free workplaces and services benefits everyone and helps ensure no one is left behind.

During National AccessAbility Week, we encourage everyone to learn more, speak up for accessibility, and support inclusive communities and public services.

06/01/2026

This Pride Month, CUPE 1883 celebrates the 2SLGBTQIA+ workers who strengthen our public services every single day.

Pride and public services go hand in hand. Strong public services mean safer, more inclusive communities where everyone can access the care, support, transportation, housing, recreation, and municipal services they deserve without discrimination.

As union members, we know that solidarity means standing up for equity, dignity, and human rights both in our workplaces and in our communities. We are proud to support 2SLGBTQIA+ workers, residents, and families across Waterloo Region and beyond.

Make sure to come out and visit our booth at Tri-Pride at Willow River Park this Saturday, June 6 from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. We would love to see you there and celebrate Pride together in community.

This month and every month, CUPE 1883 stands for inclusion, respect, and public services that leave no one behind.

Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

05/28/2026

Public health care is worth fighting for.

Today, thousands of Ontarians are marching to protest the privatization of our hospitals and demand proper funding for public health care. Cuts and underfunding are pushing hospitals into crisis while public dollars are redirected to private, for-profit clinics.

CUPE 1883 stands in solidarity with the Ontario Health Coalition, health care workers, patients, and communities across the province calling for investment in strong, accessible public hospitals for everyone.

Health care should be based on need, not profit.

In the photo are members of our CUPE 1883 executive team alongside executive members from CUPE Local 1542, our sibling local representing City of Waterloo outside workers, standing together in solidarity at the march.

05/07/2026

Safety and Health Week is here.

From May 4–9, 2026, Safety and Health Week is a chance for all of us to refocus on what matters most, keeping each other safe at work, at home, and in our communities.

This year’s theme brings important conversations to the forefront, including the role of plain language, and how safety connects with Indigenous inclusion, equity, and diversity. Building safer workplaces means making sure everyone is seen, heard, and protected.

Let’s continue to look out for one another and speak up for safer conditions every day.

05/04/2026

Solidarity in action ✊

We’re proud to share that our sibling local, Unifor Local 4304 members at Grand River Transit, have ratified a new three-year collective agreement. This deal delivers significant wage increases, improved benefits, and important protections against the outsourcing of new transit routes.

These gains reflect the strength of workers standing together and advocating for fair working conditions and quality public services.

Unifor Local 4304 members at Grand River Transit have ratified a new three-year collective agreement, delivering major wage gains, stronger benefits, and protections against the outsourcing of new routes. https://www.unifor.org/news/all-news/grand-river-transit-workers-ratify-new-agreement-major-wage-and-benefit-gains

05/01/2026

Last night we stood in solidarity with CUPE Local 1287 in Niagara Region.

Workers there are pushing back against proposed provincial changes that would cut council representation and concentrate decision-making power, including fewer elected voices and more authority for appointed leadership.

This isn’t just a Niagara issue. It reflects a broader provincial direction we’re watching closely here in Waterloo Region, where similar pressures are already emerging.

We showed up because solidarity matters. When workers stand together across regions, we’re stronger and better prepared for the fights ahead. ✊

CUPE Ontario members came together for an area meeting in Niagara to strategize the ongoing fight against the government’s so-called governance review.

A process that is unnecessary, undemocratic, and disconnected from the realities workers and residents face every day.

This isn’t about “efficiency.” It’s about stripping local voices and weakening public services.

From Niagara and beyond, members are standing united to defend democracy

04/30/2026

Doug Ford told Ontario civil servants to get back to the office full-time on Jan. 6 because, in his view, people are more productive in person. Then Global News got his itinerary and found that between Jan. 6 and Feb. 5, Ford took meetings from his Etobicoke home on nine days. On Jan. 23, he appeared to work entirely from home while staff travelled to him for meetings. On Jan. 14, he took a daily issues meeting on Teams, went home for a recycling briefing, met his housing minister online, and spoke to the governor of Kansas virtually.

The premier’s office says he was working in his home riding because the legislature was not sitting. Fine. Then say plainly that remote work is useful sometimes. Because that is the whole argument workers and unions have been making for months. AMAPCEO’s Dave Bulmer said Ford was demonstrating the same kind of flexibility civil servants used successfully for three and a half years. He also said many workers still are not back in person four or five days a week because there is not enough office space.

This is Ontario politics in one screenshot. Rules for thee. Teams for me.

If working from home helps the premier do his job, it can help public servants do theirs too. You cannot lecture 60,000 workers about the watercooler, then log in from Etobicoke.

— Marcus | The Headline Lab

04/28/2026

April 28 is the National Day of Mourning.

First created by CUPE members more than 40 years ago, this day honours workers who have been killed, injured, or made ill because of their work, and reminds us why we must continue fighting to prevent these tragedies.

Today, we remember members of our CUPE family and workers everywhere whose lives have been lost or forever changed on the job.

As part of CUPE’s Year of Health and Safety in 2026, we renew our commitment to stronger workplaces. Strong health and safety committees, empowered workers, and collective action save lives.

We pause, we remember, and we recommit to ensuring every worker gets home safe.

04/25/2026

What a great turnout to the protest in Waterloo against Doug Ford and his government!