Municipal workers ratify agreement with Loyalist Township, look forward to ‘positive, productive’ future

After a lengthy period of negotiations, municipal workers voted on Wednesday to ratify their collective agreement with Loyalist Township, taking the last step needed to ensure the high quality and continuity of public services for the residents of Loyalist Township. The employees’ endorsement concludes a fraught round of bargaining, in which the township’s demands for…

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CUPE’s education workers serve notice to start job action September 10th

TORONTO, ON – CUPE education workers in Ontario served notice yesterday that province-wide job action will begin on September 10th. “Our members’ work is important to student success in our schools,” said CUPE’s Ontario School Boards Coordinating Committee (OSBCC) Chair, Terri Preston. “We need all parties to understand how serious our members are about the…

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Tamir’s developmental service workers urge agency to protect services by using funding “the way it was intended”

OTTAWA, ON – Tamir, an Ottawa agency that provides integrated living in a Jewish environment for people with developmental disabilities, is jeopardizing services for its participants by refusing to adhere to Ontario’s Ministry of Community and Social Services directives for creating stable and secure conditions for frontline workers. To date, Tamir has received nearly $450,000…

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Emergency After Hours Staff overwhelmingly reject Children’s Aid Society’s ‘so-called final offer’; month-long strike continues

CUPE 2316.1 calls on Children’s Aid to return quickly to bargaining table and “get at-risk kids the supports they need, deserve and have been deprived of for a month”   TORONTO, ON – Emergency After Hours Staff (EAHS) for the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto (CAST), have overwhelmingly rejected a so-called ‘final offer’ presented by…

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