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CUPE 109 housing workers call on Kingston Frontenac Housing Corporation to invest in resident services, negotiate fair deal
KINGSTON, ON – CUPE 109 housing workers are calling on their employer, the Kingston Frontenac Housing Corporation, to negotiate a fair deal that would help them deliver better service to KFHC residents. “Throughout the pandemic, the housing workers went above and beyond to maintain optimum service delivery to residents,” said Adam Bol, president of CUPE…
DetailsFederal healthcare funds must be invested in paramedics and the broader public healthcare system: CUPE Paramedics
TORONTO, ON – The $74 billion ten-year healthcare deal between the Ontario and the federal government is a positive step but the funds must be immediately used to improve paramedic services and bolster the public health care system, says Niko Georgiadis, the chair of the CUPE Ontario Ambulance Committee that represents the majority of paramedics…
DetailsLegislation expanding private surgeries and procedures will harm Ontario patients, cost more, bleed staff away from public hospitals and leave them with the most complex cases: CUPE
TORONTO, ON – Ontario PC government legislation tabled today that will expand private and for-profit surgeries and procedures isn’t smart spending but costly policy that will increase costs, waits and death rates, lower patient outcomes and bleed scarce staff from public hospitals, says Michael Hurley president of CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions. “Throwing huge…
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CUPE Ontario statement for Pink Triangle Day – February 14, 2023
Today is Pink Triangle Day, a date on which we acknowledge and celebrate 2SLGBTQI+ people, families, and communities. At CUPE Ontario, we reaffirm our solidarity against 2SLGBTQI+ oppression in all its forms, as well as against all forms of homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia in our society. The name, Pink Triangle Day, has its own sombre…
DetailsClinical Nursing Instructors at Brock University form a union: CUPE
ST. CATHARINES, ON – Clinical Nursing Instructors at Brock University are the newest members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), following today’s decision at the Ontario Labour Relations Board. The decision follows a vote in November, when an overwhelming majority of instructors voted to join the union, which represents academic workers at most…
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Ontarians demand better support from a government that can afford it, says CUPE Ontario
KINGSTON, ON – CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn is urging the Ford government to stop deliberately starving public programs and invest more in public services in its next budget, declaring that “Ontarians elect their government to make life better, not to run things into the ground.” Hahn is in Kingston today, appearing at a public…
DetailsCUPE 2974 Windsor-Essex paramedics vote 100% in favour of strike action if County fails to address deterioration of service.
WINDSOR, ON: The paramedics of Essex County organized as CUPE 2974 have voted 100 per cent in favour of strike action in the event of an impasse during ongoing negotiations. The strike mandate comes after years of relentless advocacy by CUPE 2974 calling on the county to improve the quality of service the local community…
DetailsTake the survey: Add your voice to help protect the Greenbelt and repeal Doug Ford’s Bill 23
In November, the provincial government passed Bill 23, a legislation that will starve municipalities of funding, harm our environment, and worsen the housing crisis. The stated purpose of Bill 23, Build Homes Faster Act is to make housing more attainable by increasing supply. However, the legislation serves for-profit developers’ interests by redefining “affordable housing,” making it easier…
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