L’ORIGNAL, ON – On the second day of a strike involving 250 education workers with the Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l’Est ontarien (CSDCEO), the union representing them, CUPE Local 4155, is questioning the school board’s priorities. “They had replacement workers hired on the first day of the strike,” said Raymond Giroux, President of…
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CAMBRIDGE, ONTARIO–(Feb. 7, 2017) – Local 32 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 32) representing outside workers of the City of Cambridge have reached a tentative agreement with the city which could bring their strike to an end after just six days. The two sides met Tuesday for the first time since talks…
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PARRY SOUND, ON – At Tuesday’s town council meeting, a representative of child welfare workers locked out by Children’s Aid Society (CAS) of the District of Nipissing and Parry Sound will make a deputation to councillors about the ongoing labour dispute. Members of Local 2049 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) were locked…
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L’ORIGNAL, ON – More than 250 education workers with the Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l’Est ontarien (CSDCEO) have commenced job action this morning. The workers, represented by CUPE Local 4155, have been in bargaining for two years, and are the last school board local in the province to conclude negotiations following an August…
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L’ORIGNAL, ONTARIO–(Feb. 7, 2017) – More than 250 education workers with the Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l’Est ontarien (CSDCEO) have commenced job action this morning. The workers, represented by CUPE Local 4155, have been in bargaining for two years, and are the last school board local in the province to conclude negotiations following…
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NORTH BAY, ON – This week workers locked out of their jobs by Nipissing and Parry Sound Children’s Aid Society (CAS) will continue to show their thanks and dedication to the community that is supporting them so generously during the labour dispute. On Tuesday, members of Local 2049 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees…
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L’ORIGNAL, ON – Representatives of Local 4155 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) are demanding that the school board Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l’Est ontarien (CSDCEO) meet with the union today to avoid a strike tomorrow in the board’s schools. Despite the board’s claims of wanting to return to the bargaining…
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ESSEX, ON – Striking Essex County Library workers will return to the bargaining table with the Essex Library Board on Wednesday, February 8. The union, representing the striking workers, called the library board back to the table, marking the first negotiations between the two sides since November 24, 2016. Lori Wightman, spokesperson for Local 2974…
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NORTH BAY and PARRY SOUND, ON – The following is an open letter written by a child protection worker in Ontario; it details her concerns over the use of temporary replacement workers during the lockout at Nipissing and Parry Sound Children’s Aid Society (CAS). I am a child protection worker in Durham Region, Ontario. I…
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