Yearly Archives: 2008

York U custodial, maintenance and grounds workers support striking TAs, contract faculty

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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. – CUPE 1356 is asking its members –  custodial, maintenance and grounds workers at YorkUniversity –  to support the picket lines put up by striking contract faculty and teaching…

CUPE local 3677 signs a three-year deal

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. WINDSOR, Ont. – On Saturday, November 8th, members from local 3677 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) ratified the tentative settlement that was reached earlier with the C.A.W. Community Child…

Please come out for a Solidarity Rally with striking CUPE 3903 workers at York University

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.                                           Wednesday November 12th, 1pm                                      at Main Gate – York Boulevard and Keele CUPE 3903 – Contract Faculty, Teaching and Graduate Assistants at YorkUniversitywent out on strike at 12:01am Thursday November…

Bus ads renew call for Trent University to stop plans for privatized residence

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. No Private Residence at Trent nprt.ca     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                      MEDIA RELEASE                     NOVEMBER 7, 2008   Bus ads renew call for Trent University to …

Strike at York University

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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. – CUPE 3903, representing 3,400 contract faculty, teaching assistants and graduate assistants at York University, will be on strike as of 12:01 a.m., Thursday, November 6. Tonight the union…

City’s draft budget hurts families: 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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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. – The draft budget presented by the City of Ottawa will hurt everyone’s quality of life, first and foremost families trying to keep their kids healthy and safe, says…

What the Obama Win Means to CUPE Ontario Members

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. As a union that champions and prides itself on diversity, the ascendancy of Barak Obama to the United States presidency is a truly monumental event for many staff and members. Here…

Strike deadline looms for York part-time staff; CUPE has until tonight to decide on university’s offer; rejection would cancel classes for 50,000

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 Toronto Star Wed 05 Nov 2008 Byline: Louise Brown Source: Toronto Star   Just weeks away from its 50th anniversary, York University faces a strike by part-time workers…

Service workers ratify two-year deal with University of Toronto

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. – Service workers at the University of Toronto, members of CUPE 3261, have ratified a new two-year collective agreement that introduces a child benefit plan along with wage…

McGuinty tuition fee increases no way to pull province out of recession and into knowledge economy

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. – By allowing university tuition fee hikes of 4 to 8 per cent every year, the McGuinty Liberals are going in the wrong direction to pull the province out of…