Daily Archives: April 30, 2009

CUPE members across Ontario show support for Local 4710, Community Living West Nipissing

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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. – Right across Ontario, CUPE members who work for associations for community living (ACLs) are wearing green ribbons today to show their support for Community Living West Nipissing workers faced…

Day of Mourning honours workers hurt or killed on the job; SAFETY: Employers, government not listening to employees’ concerns, speaker says;

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Northumberland Today.com Wed 29 Apr 2009 Byline: VALERIE MACDONALD, [email protected]; Dateline: COBOURG After a quarter of a century of honouring workers who have died and been injured on the job, statistics are…

The Haymarket “Riot” and the Martyrs

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Two days later, on May 3, 1886, violence broke out at the McCormick Reaper Works between police and strikers when scabs were brought in to work in the Chicago plant. During speeches…

May 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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day, is the traditional day for workers and the Labour Movement to celebrate their social and economic achievements. The day commemorates the general strikes…

May Day 2009

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day, is the traditional day for workers and the Labour Movement to celebrate their social and economic achievements. The day commemorates the general strikes which…

Twenty-five CUPE locals travel to Windsor for May Day rally with striking Windsor city workers

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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. – Windsor city employees, forced to strike to protect retirement benefits, will be joined by CUPE members from 25 Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario union locals for a…

“The City does not need the money and we do not need a strike to save money” – Windsor Mayor Eddie Francis

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. – Interviewed by media on Monday, April 27, Windsor Mayor Eddie Francis was quoted saying that the City does not need the money it is saving while city workers are…