TORONTO – After silence from Toronto Metropolitan University management over the weekend, custodial and maintenance workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) started their first-ever strike Monday morning. “It’s been a frustrating process. All we’re asking for is wages that keep up with the cost of living in Toronto, and for a…
TORONTO – Custodial and maintenance workers at Toronto Metropolitan University represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) are starting their first-ever job action this morning after the university administration failed to address the rising cost of living and inequality in the pension plan during negotiations. “This is historic. We’re people who usually quietly…
TORONTO – A pension dispute more than two years in the making could lead to labour disruption at Toronto Metropolitan University later this week, says the union representing custodial and maintenance workers at the school. “Toronto Metropolitan University prides itself on lifting people up through education and promoting equity, but what they’re doing right now…
CUPE Ontario is proud to send its deepest solidarity to the members of CUPE 4600, academic workers at Carleton University, who began strike action on March 27. The strength, determination and solidarity of these workers are clear. After months at the bargaining table, CUPE 4600 is fighting for a deal that will enhance the quality…
TORONTO – A dispute over pension funding at Toronto Metropolitan University will lead to job action later this month unless the university addresses pension issues, say leaders of CUPE Local 233, representing maintenance, grounds and custodial workers at the school in downtown Toronto. “After months of negotiations, the university still hasn’t recognized that it cannot…
OTTAWA – Despite the best efforts of academic workers to reach a fair deal over the weekend, picket lines will go up at Carleton University on Monday morning. “We have been at the bargaining table for months and have been crystal clear with the employer that they need to address our serious concerns around poverty-level…
OTTAWA – At a special membership meeting today, contract academic workers at Carleton University voted overwhelmingly against the university’s latest offer and reiterated their support for a strike if Carleton doesn’t address their concerns seriously. The more than 3,000 members of CUPE Local 4600 include graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants and contract instructors. The local…
OTTAWA, ON – This afternoon, contract academic workers at Carleton University are interrupting a meeting of the university’s Board of Governors to deliver a letter calling on the Board to address serious labour concerns on campus. “Negotiations have been drawn out beyond what is reasonable, and it’s up to the Board of Governors to take…
WATERLOO, ON – Sessional instructors at the University of Waterloo are the newest members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), following a decision at the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB). The decision comes after a vote in December, when an overwhelming majority of instructors voted to join the union, which represents academic workers…
(Hamilton, ON) Today, 2,800 teaching and research assistants at McMaster University ended a strike and ratified a new agreement with important gains due to a reinvigorated university community, says CUPE Local 3906. “We took on a truly conservative university, mobilized students, teaching and research assistants, and faculty, and we came out the other side with…
