Toronto city workers strike

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. July 30, 2009  TCEU Local 416 ratification vote scheduled after marathon bargaining session TORONTO – After a marathon bargaining session lasting almost two days, Toronto Civic Employees Union Local 416…

Replacing front-line school workers with contractors will erode safety and security at Halton Catholic Schools, CUPE warns

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Burlington, Ont. – In a closed in-camera session, Halton Catholic School Board approved a plan to replace experienced school board workers with contract cleaners. Without much notice or consultation with current workers…

Toronto city workers strike

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. City of Toronto inside and outside workers walked off the job just after midnight tonight in a fight against management demands for concessions. “After six months at the bargaining table, the…

Fight the Toxic Durham P3 Incinerator

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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, in partnership with other local labour organizations and community groups is fighting Durham region’s plan to build a trash burning Incinerator in Clarington.  If built, the region would spend at…

P3s even more expensive since financial crisis: report McGuinty government clinging to P3 model despite even higher costs

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 – The cost penalty paid by governments for financing hospitals and other public infrastructure projects through public private partnerships (P3s) has jumped substantially since the onset of the financial crisis,…

Arbitration is not a four-letter word

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 Windsor Star Thu Jun 11 2009 Page: A8 Section: Editorial/Opinion Byline: Sid Ryan Column: Sid Ryan Source: Special to The Windsor Star  There are times in life where the best thing to do is for…