CUPE Ontario recognizes and honours March 21 as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (IDERD). The day was proclaimed by the United Nations to commemorate the Sharpeville massacre in South Africa where, in 1960, police opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful anti-apartheid demonstration. The theme this year is “A…
DetailsBlack River-Matheson, ON – After the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) filed for a judicial review to the Superior Court of Justice of the Township of Black River-Matheson, the Township’s attempt at framing striking workers as intimidating is an intentional attempt to distract and misinform, says CUPE Local 1490. “I can’t tell you how…
DetailsOSHAWA, ON – CUPE 6364 workers at Lakeridge Health rallied in Oshawa today, protesting “cuts and chaos” in response to provincial underfunding of hospitals. According to the union, hospital management has been eliminating full-time housekeeping and clerical positions, and overloading other workers with additional responsibilities. “This is shameful behavior by hospital management, to cut staff…
DetailsOTTAWA – When Francophone women in the Ottawa area are looking for safety from domestic violence, there’s only one shelter for them: Maison d’amitié. Those doors may soon be closed to women in need as management chose International Women’s Day to request a “no board” report and set the clock ticking towards a lock-out in…
DetailsBRANTFORD, ON – When two agencies amalgamated to form Child and Family Services of Grand Erie (CFSGE), it was sold with the promise that it would improve support for families. Two years later, that lie has been revealed as the agency announced layoffs and gapped positions that they have no plans to fill. All told,…
DetailsWATERLOO, ON – To understand why over 9,000 children languish on wait lists for child care in the Region of Waterloo (ROW), Noelle Fletcher says you have to go back to 2020 when the Regional Council made the decision to close five regionally operated child care centers. “The council had tried to close the same…
DetailsBlack River-Matheson, ON – The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) has filed for a judicial review to the Superior Court of Justice of the Township of Black River-Matheson over the municipality’s heavy-handed escalation in its treatment of striking municipal workers, said the union. “CUPE Local 1490 is engaged in a legal strike and they’re…
DetailsCUPE Ontario is pleased to mark International Women’s Day (IWD) 2024 on March 8 and honour the achievements, experience, and activism of the women in our union. This year’s theme, “No one is free until we are all free,” is an echo of the words of Black American civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer, and…
DetailsBelleville, ON – With a state of emergency declared in Belleville due to the opioid crisis, the city’s paramedics are sounding the alarm and calling for much more to be done. “We’re seeing an incredible explosion in calls to respond to overdoses and we’re doing our best, but this isn’t sustainable,” said Rob Cunningham, President…
DetailsOTTAWA – After 18 months without a contract, academic workers at the University of Ottawa have voted 91 percent in favour of strike action if the employer does not bring forward a proposal that addresses the affordability crisis, job security and quality education. “As workers and as students, we are deeply concerned about how unaffordable…
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