Yearly Archives: 2009

CUPE Ontario President Sid Ryan joins rally against Durham P3 incinerator opponents

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. WHITBY, Ont. – Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario President Sid Ryan will join with local opponents of a proposed Energy from Waste (EFW) incinerator at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow evening outside…

Convention Capsules

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.   Our 46th annual CUPE Ontario Convention Capsules are located here.  Check back each day of the conference to find daily updates. Pre-Convention capsule (English)   Pre-Convention capsule (French) …

A New Dues Structure for a Strong, Sustainable Union

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Our Solutions for the Future As public sector workers, CUPE members know that short-term solutions to any economic problems just don’t work. We’re calling on government to think long…

Provincial underfunding of mental health services for children and youth brings Ottawa centre to the brink

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Why isn’t youth mental health a priority for the Liberal government? OTTAWA – The chronic underfunding of mental health services for Ontario’s children and youth has brought one Ottawa agency to the brink…

Halton school bus drivers seeking fair deal to prevent 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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Burlington, Ont. – Halton Region school bus drivers are seeking a fair deal to prevent a strike that will impact over 4,000 students attending schools in Halton District School Board, Halton Catholic…

Don’t forget RPNs to ease pressures on health care system

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. RPNs call for full utilization as province expands scope of practice in health care TORONTO – The Ontario government’s recent proposed changes to health care professionals’ scope of practice excludes one…

Press Conference: Durham P3 Incinerator “…smells like an environmental and fiscal disaster.”

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Photographs from event BOWMANVILLE, ON—CUPE Ontario, CAW Durham Region Environment Council, Prevent Cancer Now, local doctors and Clarington town councilors have joined forces to prevent Durham region from building a P3…

Cut and crowded, Ontario hospitals falling behind UK in combating infections Scotland hiring in-house cleaners, Wales ending contracting out; Ontario on wrong track

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 – Ontario should follow the example of Scotland and Wales, which are hiring hundreds more cleaners and ending contracting out of cleaning services in their battles against health care associated infections…

Press Conference: Durham P3 incinerator “…smells like an environmental and fiscal disaster”

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. CLARINGTON, Ont. – Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario, Canadian Auto Workers (CAW), Prevent Cancer Now, local doctors and Clarington town councillors have joined forces to prevent Durham Region from building…

“Residents Deserve Better!”

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Photographs from  Long-term Care Rally May 8th CUPE workers urge Liberal MPPs to make long-term care betterMinimum care standards the key to better care Toronto – Long-term care workers with the Canadian…