Monthly Archives: October 2008

Hahn supports CUPE 503 in fighting cuts, privatization of Ottawa’s 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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Click here to view Fred Hahn’s media conference comments   CUPE Ontario Secretary-Treasurer Fred Hahn , along with National President Paul Moist, headlined a media conference on October 30th to…

Simcoe County inside workers give union strike mandate

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.   Minesing, Ont. – More than 200 SimcoeCounty social and children’s services, administration, museums and archives workers have given their union a mandate to call a strike if they do not…

Cuts, privatization of Ottawa’s public services will come 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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. OTTAWA, Ont. – With Ottawa City Council about to table budget proposals that will slash public services and jobs, leaders from the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) are warning that Council’s…

CUPE local 1571 reaches an agreement with the York Catholic District School Board

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.   YORK, Ont. – Members of local 1571 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) have ratified a new collective agreement with the York Catholic District School Board. On October…

York U custodial & maintenance workers give overwhelming strike mandate

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Toronto, Ont. – Custodial and maintenance workers at YorkUniversity, members of CUPE 1356, yesterday voted 99.6% in support of strike action if they are not able to achieve a fair collective agreement…

Child care workers, creator of Quebec’s $7/day system honoured during Child Care Appreciation Day

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Pauline Marois, the creator of Quebec’s $7 a day child care system, was given an award of honour during an event organized by the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care (OCBCC) to…

Child care workers, creator of Quebec’s $7/day system honoured during Child Care Appreciation Day

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Pauline Marois, the creator of Quebec’s $7 a day child care system, was given an award of honour during an event organized by the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care (OCBCC) to…

Gananoque workers and Town reach tentative agreement – Union members to vote on tentative deal on Oct. 27

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.   Gananoque, ON – A tentative deal between the Town of Gananoque and the union representing town workers was reached early Wednesday morning.   The workers, represented by the…

Stop Tuition Fee Increases! – TAKE ACTION ON NOVEMBER 5

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Click to see photographs from Halloween Action – CFS drop fees at Queens Park  The November 5 Day of Action to drop user fees for university students is…

Stop Tuition Fee Increases! – TAKE ACTION ON NOVEMBER 5, 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. Click to see photographs from CFS Day of Action Click to see photographs from Halloween Action – CFS drop fees at Queens Park  The November 5 Day of Action…