Overview

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The Committee to Organize UWaterloo is a grassroots campaign to unionize the academic workers at the University of Waterloo. The campaign is supported by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).

CUPE is Canada’s largest union, with over 700,000 members across the country. CUPE Locals represents workers across a broad range of sectors including health care, emergency services, primary, secondary and post-secondary education, early learning and child care, municipalities, social services, libraries, utilities, transportation and airlines.

How to get in touch

OrganizeUW hosts a weekly union social (“Stammtisch”) as well as various in-person or online outreach events during the term. Please check out our Contact page for current contact info, upcoming events, and more.