Daily Archives: January 28, 2009

No answer from York University President Mamdouh Shoukri: CUPE ready and waiting to negotiate

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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. – The clock is ticking on the possibility of a negotiated settlement to end the York University Strike.  CUPE’s offer to hammer out a deal with the University before back…

RPNs can ease ER crisis at Huron Perth’s Seaforth Another rural hospital cuts services as McGuinty government turns its back

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. LONDON, Ont. – Expanding the scope of practice for Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs) can ease the Emergency Room (ER) crisis at Seaforth Community Hospital, says Michael Hurley, President of the Ontario Council…

A jobs program that fails

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. MICHAEL STUPARYK/TORONTO STAR – January 24, 2009  Why does it cost more to retrain this injured worker to stock shelves than it would to send him to university for four years?…

Hastings Children’s Aid workers push bargaining,employer pushes the limit

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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. – Workers at Hastings Children’s Aid Society offered to continue bargaining for a new contract last month but the employer shut the door, says their union, the Canadian Union of…