CUPE is the union for education workers:
Leading the campaigns for higher wages, job security, and high-quality publicly funded and publicly delivered education.
CUPE education workers have:
- Clear contracts, laying out terms and conditions of employment in black and white.
- Job security
- Democratic processes for making all local decisions
- Access to professional help in negotiations, research, legal issues, pay equity, job evaluation, health and safety, communications and more.
CUPE is Canada’s largest union with 750,000 members. CUPE represents workers in 11 different sectors and the majority of CUPE members work in public services.
Approximately 60% of CUPE members are women.
With over 11,000 members across Alberta, spanning nearly every job classification, CUPE stands as the largest union representing education workers in the province.
We have the strength and expertise to fight for and win the things that matter most to education support workers.