Monthly Archives: March 2010

Public sector workers join Sudbury miners’ solidarity march

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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. – Fred Hahn, President of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario, led a delegation of public sector workers from his union in a march through Sudbury on Monday,…

Already damaged home care system at risk again as Liberals about to lift ban on competitive bidding when contracts expire March 31 CUPE and Ontario Health Coalition warn! – Hamilton

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. HAMILTON, Ont. – Ontario’s home care system, already damaged by the McGuinty government’s continuation of Mike Harris’ contracting out policy, may be only less than two weeks away from further harm if…

Windsor daycare parents to deliver giant “Budget Cookie” to Ontario Finance Minister

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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, ON …  Parents of children at Windsor daycares slated to close will visit Dwight Duncan’s constituency office on Tuesday to give the Finance Minister a giant “budget cookie” decorated with all…

CUPE members “take-the-bus” to Sudbury for solidarity march with nickel miners

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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. – Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario, the province’s largest union, and hundreds of CUPE members will take the bus to Sudbury today, riding…

Already damaged home care system at risk again as Liberals about to lift ban on competitive bidding – St. Catharines

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – Ontario’s home care system, already damaged by the McGuinty government’s continuation of Mike Harris’ contracting out policy, may be only less than two weeks away from further harm…

Candace Rennick Biography

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Born and raised in Peterborough, Ontario, Candace Rennick has been a member of CUPE since she began working at a local Long-Term Care facility when she was 16 years old. Becoming…

“Premier the ball is in your court” Parents tell McGuinty not to cut child care

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) Children and parents who rely on quality child care programs were at  Queen’s Park today to call on the Premier not to cut child care investments in the up-coming provincial budget.…

Strike looms at Ottawa garbage collection

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. OTTAWA, Ont. – BFI Canada Inc. workers, members of Local 1338-02 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) are ready to go on strike if the company doesn’t show more openness…

Band-aid funding an injustice to vulnerable children:Local Children’s Aid workers to raise issue with Huron-Bruce MPP

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. HURON-BRUCE, Ont. – Today, front line Children’s Aid workers will ask local MPP Carol Mitchell to come to the aid of vulnerable children and families by pressing the government to fix a…

Band-aid funding an injustice to vulnerable children: Local Children’s Aid workers to raise issue with Whitby-Oshawa MPP

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-OSHAWA, Ont. – Today, front line Children’s Aid workers will ask local MPP Christine Elliott to come to the aid of vulnerable children and families by pressing the government to fix a…