Yearly Archives: 2009

Support Sister Kathy Paton’s family in their time of need

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 extends its deepest sympathies to the family of Sister Kathy Paton, longtime Recording Secretary of CUPE Local 2936, who passed away suddenly while during CUPE’s National Convention in Montreal. …

CUPE’s Ryan walks picket line with striking Steelworkers (Local 6500)

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. SUDBURY, Ont. – “Despite record profits over the last decade, greedy corporations, like Vale-Inco, are using the global financial meltdown as the excuse to extract wage, pension, and benefit concessions from workers. …

Union urges city, province to keep child-care spaces

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. TRACEY TONG METRO OTTAWA October 23, 2009 5:04 a.m.          When Vicky Smallman found out she was expecting her second child, she put her baby-to-be on Ottawa’s lengthy waiting list for…

The Toronto Public Library Workers Union (TPLWU) CUPE 4948 in legal strike position Monday, November 9, 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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. TORONTO, Ont. – The 2400 members of the Toronto Public Library Workers Union, Local 4948, (CUPE) will be in a legal strike position at 12:01am Monday, November 9th. With an overwhelming…

McGuinty Government floats ‘Dalton Days’ at own peril, warns CUPE Ontario

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 last time a ‘Liberal’ introduced ‘Rae Days,’ it cost them the government” TORONTO, Ont. – Finance Minister Dwight Duncan’s economic statement today shows the McGuinty Government has no real economic…

Ottawa will “Jump Up” for public child care Sunday

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Media conference today to press City on child care and announce free concert Sunday OTTAWA, Ont. – The City of Ottawa must match the positive changes to its 2010 budget process…

Children’s Aid workers shocked as employer pushes for strike date

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, ON –  More than 125 case workers for at-risk-children attending meetings last night in North Bay and Parry Sound were visibly upset when told their employer, the Nipissing and Parry…

Major Victory At Site 41

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Last night (September 22nd) County Council voted overwhelmingly in favour of a motion to cease work on the Site 41 for good.  For full details please click here: Today at the Simcoe…

Say bye to buy local comes to Kitchener

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, Council of Canadians speaking tour on trade arrives in Kitchener KITCHENER, Ont. – ‘Say bye to buy local,’ the second stop on an eight-city speaking tour featuring Council of…

Say bye to buy local – trade deals threaten local economies – CUPE Ontario and Council of Canadians speaking tour on trade arrives in Toronto on Tuesday

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. – In the midst of the ‘Buy American’ local procurement controversy, ‘Say bye to buy local,’ will arrive in Toronto on Tuesday, October 20. The Toronto event will be held…