Monthly Archives: April 2008

Program cuts at FACS Niagara will hurt child welfare services CUPE warns

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. St. Catharines, Ont. – Program cuts announced by Family and Children’s Services Niagara (FACS) will result in approximately 100 children and their parents losing the services of Best Start and Early Learning…

Huron County Health Unit workers united to achieve fair contract – 97% strike vote

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Clinton, Ont. – Huron County Public Health workers, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), recently voted 97 per cent in favour of a strike if a fair collective agreement…

New chair for OSBCC and big expectations for the central bargaining process

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. The Ontario School Board Coordinating Committee (OSBCC) held its annual conference in London, from April 8 to 12. More than 300 delegates from all over the province met to debate common work…

Journal de Quebec lockout:The column the SUN couldn’t print – April 18, 2008

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. One year ago on April 22, the Journal de Quebec locked out more than 250 journalists, photographers, classified ad and office staff belonging to three CUPE unions. Never one to avoid…

Journal de Quebec lockout:The column the SUN couldn’t print

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. One year ago on April 22, the Journal de Quebec locked out more than 250 journalists, photographers, classified ad and office staff belonging to three CUPE unions. Never one to avoid…

Prepare for road, rail blockades on May 29: Mohawk activist

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. CANADIAN PRESS April 16, 2007 http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5heaq8ApZNXF-Etl1d06u9TkSZnzw   OTTAWA – The Mohawk protester who helped shut down a stretch of Ontario’s busiest highway last June says Canadians can expect…

Peterborough home care advocates urge McGuinty to end competitive bidding now: telephone hotline set up for residents, workers to share their experiences

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.   PETERBOROUGH, Ont. – Frustrated by a secretive, behind-the-scenes provincial government review of how contracts are awarded in the home care sector, Peterborough home care advocates are calling on the McGuinty government…

Community mobilization key to stopping Ajax hospital restructuring, services cuts says Ryan

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.   AJAX, Ont. – Tonight, residents in Ajax, who are meeting with local health officials to discuss what possible restructuring of their hospital will mean in terms of service cuts, will…

Sudbury home care advocates urge McGuinty to end competitive bidding now: telephone hotline set up for residents, workers to share their experiences

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. SUDBURY, Ont. – Frustrated by a secretive, behind-the-scenes provincial government review of how contracts are awarded in the home care sector, Sudbury home care advocates are calling on the McGuinty government to…

CUPE Ontario Newsletters

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. CUPE Ontario On the Move… – April 2008 Municipal E-Newsletter – March 2008