Dear CUPE 389 Members,
The federal election is approaching with voting day on April 28, 2025 and advance voting from April 18-21, 2025.
As union members who work in the public service, your vote is important to protect public services and send union-friendly Members of Parliament to Ottawa. Electing union-friendly candidates will help to promote:
- Affordable and available childcare
- Affordable housing
- Strong publicly funded health care
- A strong economy which protects Canadian jobs
Please use this link to find your polling station.
All employees are entitled to have three consecutive hours off on election day (April 28) for the purpose of casting a vote. If you do not have three consecutive hours off work between 7am and 7pm on April 28, you can request time off for the purposes of voting. Please note, your Employer is not required to give you three hours off in the middle of the day, you are just entitled to three consecutive hours to vote between 7am and 7pm.
This is a very important election. Please exercise your right to vote!
