Why CUPE?

CUPE is the union for education workers:
CUPE is leading the campaigns for higher wages, job security, and high-quality publicly funded and publicly delivered education.

CUPE education workers have:

  • Negotiated $1/hour wage increases in each school year from 2022-23 to 2025-26
  • Job security
  • Clear and transparent posting and hiring processes
  • A bargaining council – the Ontario School Boards Council of Unions (OSBCU) – to fight for better contracts and better conditions for all workers and students in Ontario school boards

CUPE is Canada’s largest union with 715,000 members. With 55,000 members in virtually every job classification OSBCU is the largest union representing education workers in Ontario. We have the strength and expertise to fight for and win the things that matter most to school board workers.