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Sign the petition: demand public housing now!

CUPE is calling on the government to tackle the housing crisis by making significant investments in public housing. By ending government subsidies to for-profit developers and directing spending to public housing projects, we can ensure everyone has an affordable and dignified home.

Add your name today to demand housing for people, not profit! 

Across Canada, housing is becoming more and more expensive, and public housing wait lists stretch for years. While working people struggle to keep up with rising mortgage or rent payments, for-profit developers are pocketing millions of dollars in federal support, with no requirements to build affordable units. These developers are taking public money to build homes that CUPE members and our communities can’t afford.

CUPE members see the impacts of these failed market policies every day. In homeless shelters, long-term care homes, and other public health and social services, our members provide front-line support to some of the most vulnerable people in our society. Only direct public intervention in the housing market can right the ship.

Housing is a human right. Public money should be spent on the public good, not on making private corporations richer. CUPE is calling on the government to tackle the housing crisis by making significant investments in public housing. By targeting federal spending on public housing projects, we can ensure everyone has an affordable and dignified home.

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Solidarity with CUPE 1490 members
Sister, Brothers, and Friends,

Our fellow CUPE members need our help. CUPE 1490 workers in Black River- Matheson, Ontario have been on strike all winter. They have been subject to disgraceful treatment from the mayor and council of Black River-Matheson, who have barred them as well as all CUPE members and staff from municipal buildings, hired scabs to do their work, and even threatened to have them arrested for exercising their legal right to strike.

We are asking all CUPE members to take a moment to send a letter to the mayor and council of Black River – Matheson to let them know that when they try to bully CUPE members in their community, our entire union is watching. Please share this email with your members and ask them to take a moment to send a letter in solidarity with Black River – Matheson members.

Solidarity means standing up for each other, no matter what division or sector we are in. By flooding the municipal council in Black River – Matheson with letters from across the country, CUPE members can send a message to all our employers, that we are willing to stand together to protect our rights. We are stronger when we stand together.