Oct 16, 2026 · 17 min · 8 segments
Canada's largest unions ready to take on the Carney government to protect the right to strike. The first in a two-part series featuring Mark Carney, the President of CUPE and Lana Payne, the president…
This bill, C-39, is a gift to some of the biggest, richest corporations in this country.
And it's working people who are going to pay the price.
CUPE represents more than 800,000 workers in almost every city and town in the country.
CUPE's stand against the proposed legislation is particularly important because it was CUPE which stood up against the federal government in 2025 when the government tried to force 10,500 striking Air Canada flight attendants back to work.
jobs minister paddy hajdu had used section one o seven of the canada labor code just twelve hours after the start of the strike to send the dispute to binding arbitration the flight attendants led by wesley losowski the president of the air canada component of cupi and mark hancock refused to end the strike and stayed on the picket lines.
That pissed off Carney, because here we are today with his government trying to rewrite Section 107 of the Labor Code to make the right to strike in the federal sector even weaker.
This bill, C-39, is a gift to some of the biggest, richest corporations in this country.
And it's working people who are going to pay the price.
CUPE represents more than 800,000 workers in almost every city and town in the country.
CUPE's stand against the proposed legislation is particularly important because it was CUPE which stood up against the federal government in 2025 when the government tried to force 10,500 striking Air Canada flight attendants back to work.
jobs minister paddy hajdu had used section one o seven of the canada labor code just twelve hours after the start of the strike to send the dispute to binding arbitration the flight attendants led by wesley losowski the president of the air canada component of cupi and mark hancock refused to end the strike and stayed on the picket lines.
That pissed off Carney, because here we are today with his government trying to rewrite Section 107 of the Labor Code to make the right to strike in the federal sector even weaker.
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