In Ontario, CUPE represents roughly 5,000 public health members workers who work in 25 of the 34 public health units in Ontario as Public Health Inspectors, Dental Hygienists and Assistants, Health Promoters, Family Home Visitors, Public Health Nurses, Smoke Free Ontario Inspectors, Nutritionists, Epidemiologists and Administrative Assistants, to name a few. These workers are incredibly…
Support Our Care! Together, we can make a difference. It’s time Ontario made real and substantial investments in health care and health care workers! For years, health care in Ontario has been severely underfunded, and health care workers have been critically underpaid and overworked. The COVID-19 pandemic forced health care workers into serious health and…
TORONTO – CUPE Ontario is marking the end of 2023 with a shout-out to the determined CUPE members who belong to the OMERS (Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System) pension plan: this year, these members ran a successful campaign, Cancel the Cuts, and their activism has ensured that no reductions will be made to their OMERS…
For the last 18 months, OMERS has been conducting a review. They call it a “risk assessment,” but, based on OMERS’ past practice, we know it means OMERS decision-makers are considering more cuts to OMERS pension benefits. Beginning in 2007, there were annual proposals that would have cut your OMERS pension benefits. Workers defeated them…
TORONTO – DynaLIFE Labs, a company contracted by the Alberta government to privatize health care services, is trying to take away a pension plan from its employees. The twist? DynaLIFE’s majority shareholder is the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS), a pension plan serving over half a million Canadians. In 2022, Alberta’s UCP government awarded…
Hand out these flyers in your communities and workplaces to spread the word on what is going on at OMERS, and to draw people to our campaign.
Petition CUPE Ontario, OPSEU and a group of OMERS pension activists want your signature on a petition to help fight the cuts. Sign up to learn more about what’s happening where you work.
Resolution Pass a resolution at your union local that commits to concrete steps in support of the Cancel the Cuts campaign.
UPDATE: Thank-you to all who applied to be trained as an OMERS Activist. We are pleased to say we’ve had an overwhelming number of applications for OMERS Pension Activist Training. In fact, over 500 CUPE/OMERS members applied, and more inquiries are coming in every day. We are currently working through the applications and will be finalizing…
