Yearly Archives: 2009

City of Toronto inside and outside workers walked off the job in a fight against management demands for concessions

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. “After six months at the bargaining table, the city has not heard the message from our members that they must be treated as fairly as all other unionized workers who provide…

CUPE Locals 82 and 543 on strike in Windsor

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. On Friday, June 12th, thousands of CUPE members from over 100 CUPE locals and dozens of cities across Ontario marched in solidarity with Locals 82 and 543 to help put Windsor back…

CUPE Ontario expresses its solidarity with striking Toronto 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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. TORONTO, Ont. – Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 416 and CUPE 79, whose 25,000 members began strike action yesterday against the City of Toronto to defend hard-won collective agreement protections, benefits…

CUPE update on negotiations with city 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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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. – Mark Ferguson, president of Toronto Civic Employees Union Local 416 CUPE; Ann Dembinski, president of CUPE Local 79, and their respective negotiating committees are meeting with city negotiators and…

Strong support for striking CUPE Locals from CUPE Local 905

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 REGION, Ont. – CUPE Local 905, and its 4300 municipal members throughout the Region of York, are sending a clear and strong message to striking CUPE 79 and 416 workers in…

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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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…

TCEU Local 416 CUPE update on negotiations with City 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. – Mark Ferguson, president of Toronto Civic Employees Union Local 416 CUPE, has released the following statement regarding ongoing negotiations with the City of Toronto: The Local 416 bargaining committee…

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…