The Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union (COPE; french: Syndicat canadien des employées et employés professionnels et de bureau, link=no) is a Canadian

labour union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits (su ...

representing approximately 35,000 white-collar workers, in both the private and public sectors, in 44 locals across Canada. Composed of former locals of the American-based

Office and Professional Employees International Union The Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) is a trade union in the United States and Canada representing approximately 88,000 white-collar working people in the public and private sectors. It has members in all 50 US sta ...

(OPEIU), in 2004 73 per cent of Canadian members voted in favour of forming their own, autonomous Canadian union. In June of that year, Canadian delegates withdrew from proceedings at the OPEIU international convention and formed their own national union – the Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union (COPE) and, in Quebec, (SEPB).

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