Every February, CUPE Ontario urges all its members to acknowledge and celebrate Black History Month. We also invite our members to reflect on the many contributions Black people of African and Caribbean heritage have made to Canada and our union movement. Black workers have a long history of building the Canadian labour movement and fighting…
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PETERBOROUGH, ON – A tentative settlement on a new collective agreement for Trent food service workers was reached last night between negotiating teams for Local 3205 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and Compass Group Canada Ltd., which operates as Chartwells at Trent University. The new agreement will come into effect pending ratification.…
DetailsPETERBOROUGH, ON – A tentative settlement on a new collective agreement for Trent food service workers was reached last night between negotiating teams for Local 3205 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and Compass Group Canada Ltd., which operates as Chartwells at Trent University. The new agreement will come into effect pending ratification.…
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PETERBOROUGH, ON – By a margin of 96 per cent, Trent’s food service workers have voted down a contract offer from their employer that failed to address the issue of precarious work. At the demand of food services giant Compass Group Canada, the Ministry of Labour held a supervised vote by employees on the company’s…
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We come together today to remember and mourn the senseless loss of six Muslim men, killed on Jan 29, 2017, while in prayer, at the Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec (CCIQ). Last year’s deadly shooting at the Quebec City Mosque is a violent example of Islamophobia in Canada. These men were fathers, friends, husbands, sons,…
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Patrick Brown is gone. What now for Ontario politics? Ontario politics was thrown into chaos in the late hours of Wednesday night. Ontario’s Progressive Conservative leader, Patrick Brown, was forced to resign after two women came forward with serious accusations of sexual assault. Patrick Brown is now on a growing list of men who are…
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WINDSOR, ON – “It’s time we had an honest conversation about what’s not working in this province and what it’s going to cost to fix it,” said CUPE Ontario president Fred Hahn speaking to the provincial finance committee that is in Windsor today for pre-budget hearings. “We’re seeing the impact of years of government underfunding…
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Health care workers across the province regularly face situations that put their personal health and safety at risk. That’s according to a recent study, “Assaulted and Unheard: Violence Against Healthcare Staff.” It was co-authored by Jim Brophy and Margaret Keith, two occupational and environmental health researchers who join The Agenda to discuss why they were…
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TORONTO, ON – The provincial government is being urged to “seize the moment” and protect patients and hospital staff by ending privatization of contracted out hospital services following the complete collapse of private contractor Carillion. The united call comes from Unifor and the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU/CUPE), which represent hundreds of staff at…
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebrates the life and work of one of the most well-known leaders of the civil rights movement in the United States, whose work has resonance and importance around the world. This year on January 15, CUPE Ontario commemorates the timeless social justice values we gained from King’s example, including compassion…
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