CALEDON, ON – Approximately 80 outside workers with the Town of Caledon have given their union, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE Local 966), a strong strike mandate after negotiations hit a recent impasse. “We’ve been without a contract since March 31, 2015,” said Cam Richardson, a long-time arborist with the parks department and unit…
WINDSOR, ON – The City of Windsor is about to witness the dismantling of local democracy if key elected council officials get their way and reintroduce a motion already defeated in November seeking to contract out caretaking services at a variety of city operated and maintained facilities, warned the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE),…
PETERBOROUGH, ON – The proposed sale of Peterborough Distribution Inc. to Hydro One threatens local control and runs contrary to the public’s desire to retain public control over local electricity distribution, CUPE Ontario members in Peterborough told a public meeting on the sale on March 3. “Eighty-eight percent of people recently polled in this community…
