TORONTO, ON – Citing increased workload demands, wages that are being eroded by inflation and chronic underfunding to services, workers at Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Toronto have voted overwhelmingly in favour of authorizing their union to take strike action if a fair deal cannot be reached in the current round of contract negotiations.…
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TORONTO, ON – On the eve of the Provincial Legislature’s dissolution ahead of a June election, the head of Ontario’s largest Union called a failed last-minute effort by the governing Liberals and the Opposition PC Party to force striking academic workers at York University back to work a demonstration of their “true colours.” “At…
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CORNWALL, ON – The Ministry of Labour now has issued a “no-board report” for CUPE Local 3251, representing inside workers at the City of Cornwall. A strike or lockout deadline is now set for them at 12:01 a.m., May 23rd, following the May 17th deadline for paramedics, outside workers and library workers. The inside…
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TORONTO, ON – A ten-week long strike by York University’s academic workers will continue after the government failed in its legislative efforts to force members of Local 3903 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 3903) to go back to work. “We are certainly disappointed, but not surprised that the Provincial Government would…
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KINGSTON, ON – Caring for patients is a “privilege, often humbling and extremely fulfilling work,” says Kingston nurse Susan Cooper, the 2018 winner of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) registered practical nurse (RPN) of the year award. A presentation and luncheon honouring Cooper, a nurse at KGH for the nearly ten years, will…
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TORONTO, ON – The path to resolving a nine-week labour dispute at York University requires negotiation, not arbitration, the union representing 3,000 striking academic workers said today. “We reiterate the call we have repeatedly made over the past eight weeks for York University to stop cutting corners and come to the table with a…
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TORONTO, ON – With the support and assistance of working people from across Ontario, striking education workers today have shut down access into York University. Beginning at 7:30 this morning, labour leaders and rank-and-file workers from a wide range of public and private sector unions answered a call to action by the Ontario Federation…
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CORNWALL, ON – The Ministry of Labour has issued a “no-board report”, setting a strike or lockout deadline for Cornwall municipal workers of 12:01 a.m., May 17th. The workers, who are represented by CUPE Locals 234, 3251-01 and 5734, work for the City in “outside” jobs, at the library, and as paramedics. (Members of…
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Every year, on April 28 – the Day of Mourning, we take time to remember workers who have been killed or injured on the job. In ceremonies around the province, workers, friends, and family gather to pay tribute to those we have lost in work place accidents. Worker deaths are tragedies, not only for their…
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TORONTO, ON – Delegates to the 2018 convention of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) have unanimously accepted their recently (April 22) negotiated provincial contract settlement for ratification and re-elected the three, full-time OCHU officers and the negotiating team that bargained it. OCHU president and Ottawa native Michael Hurley, first elected in 1990, was…
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