TORONTO, ON – Public library workers in Toronto, members of Local 4948 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 4948), and their supporters, are celebrating Ontario Public Library Week with a message that, in addition to having great patrons, great libraries depend on great workers. “We’re very proud of the relationship we have developed…
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TORONTO, ON – The Auditor General’s report, tabled today in the Ontario legislature, paints a picture of a Liberal government that has consistently placed the needs and rights of Ontarians behind those of its corporate funders, says CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn. By creating a system of accounting that deliberately obfuscates and hides the true…
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AURORA, ON – Public library workers in York Region, members of Local 905 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 905), and their supporters, are celebrating Ontario Public Library Week with a message that, in addition to having great patrons, great libraries depend on great workers. “We’re very proud of the relationship we…
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PETERBOROUGH, ON – Bill 33, the Time to Care Act, would give Ontario residents in long-term care a minimum of four hours’ hands-on care each day. In advance of the Bill’s Second Reading on November 2, Peterborough’s citizens have been invited to attend a community town hall to learn how they can help ensure the…
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TORONTO, ON – A small investment in a Plexiglass barrier would have prevented a patient from stabbing a Perth/Smiths Falls hospital admitting clerk in the neck. Better alarms would have enabled nurses at Hamilton’s St. Joseph’s Health Centre to summon help when a patient, asked to take his medication, became violent. A nurse at a…
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TORONTO, ON – Across Ontario, library workers are extending a cordial invitation to the public to join them this week for a celebration of Ontario Public Library Week. Library workers, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), will hold Library Week celebrations in communities across Ontario, highlighting the important role libraries play in…
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CUPE Ontario stands strongly in solidarity with the contract faculty at Ontario’s colleges who are represented by OPSEU. These workers are teaching the skills our young people need to succeed in the world. Their work matters to the future of this province. Currently, 81 percent of courses in Ontario’s colleges are taught by contract faculty.…
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TORONTO, ON – Thousands of CUPE members from coast to coast to coast voted to strengthen their bargaining power by changing CUPE’s strike pay to begin on the first day of a strike or lockout. “This historic change goes hand in hand with our members’ clear decision to put their employers on notice; in…
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TORONTO, ON – Ontario’s Minister of Labour must step in now that the WSIB has made it clear that they are going to continue to deny workers full recognition of job related chronic mental stress and fair compensation related to job loss, said CUPE Ontario president Fred Hahn after learning today of the WSIB’s plan.…
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WINDSOR, ON – Over the weekend, members of Local 543 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 543) packed 600 hampers containing everything needed for a complete Thanksgiving dinner for ‘Operation Giveback’ which will see the union distribute dinners to families across Windsor. This is the fourth year in a row that CUPE 543…
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