Yearly Archives: 2006

Gloves are off Jane; Mayoral candidate Pitfield wants unions out of city hall – July 14, 2006

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. By Sid Ryan Toronto mayoral candidate Jane Pitfield is trying desperately to kick-start a flat and nearly invisible campaign. Twice in the past month she has taken cheap shots at the…

New OMERS Legislation Proclaimed

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. [July 7, 2006 10:51 AM] Both Bill 206 and its companion piece of legislation were proclaimed on June 30th, which means that both the OMERS Sponsors Corp. and the Administration…

Starving for dignity; Sara Anderson’s hunger strike on behalf of Ontario’s most vulnerable was part of an age-old tradition. – April 21, 2006

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. By Sid Ryan   Sara Anderson, a 45-year-old native woman living in Sudbury, has just ended a 15-day hunger strike to protest the McGuinty government’s betrayal of people on welfare…

An ill wind for Dalton; Students, farmers and health care workers angry – April 7, 2006

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. By Sid Ryan Last week’s by-election losses were a body blow to the Liberal strategy leading into next year’s provincial election.  The Liberals went all out to deliver pre-emptive strikes against…

NEWS FROM THE FRONT LINES, VOL. 5 NO. 1, WEDNESDAY , APRIL 5, 2006

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. OMERS pension autonomy achieved For 30 straight days early in the new year, CUPE Ontario achieved what many would have considered impossible — putting workers’ pensions in the headlines, on the…

Save Day Care or kill the government – March 10, 2006

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. By Sid Ryan Who would ever have thought that a national debate on a pan-Canadian universal child care system would break out two months following the federal election?  Surely Stephen Harper…

OMERS strike threat was worth it – March 3, 2006

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. By Sid Ryan Sometimes it’s more convenient to pen a cynical article that focuses on such trivia as who “blinked” than it is to delve into the complexities of a legitimate…