Monthly Archives: July 2008

CUPE and City of Belleville reach new collective agreement – Ratified agreement goes to Council August 11 for official approval

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. BELLEVILLE, Ont. – The City of Belleville and its municipal workers, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)-907, have reached a new collective agreement covering the next three years. …

Workers want equality, employer pushes strike – Employer walks away from talks

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. STURGEON FALLS, Ont. – Their employer is pushing for a strike, but the only thing West Nipissing Environmental Services workers want is to have the same wages and working conditions as their…

Rally and March: Bring Omar Khadr back to Canada!

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Rally and March: Bring Omar Khadr back to Canada! Canadian citizen Omar Khadr is the only Western national left in Guantanamo Bay and the first child-soldier to be prosecuted in…

Trooper draws 1,000 at Kenora’s Rock for Public Services

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. KENORA, Ont. – One thousand people came out to the Kenora Rec Centre to hear rock band Trooper at a free concert tonight presented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).…

New welfare rules don’t impress

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 Star (ON) Wed 23 Jul 2008 Byline: BY LARA BRADLEY, THE SUDBURY STAR Sudbury is one of four municipalities across Ontario that has decided to provide winter clothing and back-to…

Trooper headlines ‘Rock for Public Services’ rock concerts in Sturgeon Falls and Kenora

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 will unveil the launch of its anti-privatization campaign with a series of rock concerts during July and August. The initiative is part of a massive country-wide campaign by CUPE to…

Province fails low-income children; Sudbury steps in to provide back-to-school allowances

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. – Thousands of low-income children and their families on social assistance will be left with no money to buy back-to-school supplies this year because the provincial government has cut back-to-school…

Over 4,000 rock for public services in Sturgeon Falls with Trooper, High Holy Days

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. STURGEON FALLS, Ont. – Over 4,000 people packed Goulard Park in Sturgeon Falls last night to hear rock bands Trooper and High Holy Days at a free concert presented by the Canadian…

Province’s new child benefit fails thousands of low-income children; Sudbury steps in

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. – The introduction of the provincial government’s new Ontario Child Benefit (OCB) this month will leave thousands of low-income children without back-to-school and winter clothing allowances. The situation is so…

Proposed privatization of public services in West Nipissing comes at high cost – CUPE

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. NORTH BAY, Ont. – Proposed privatization of public services in the municipal and hospital sectors will come at a high cost to residents of West Nipissing, including the loss of good local…