Yearly Archives: 2010

Children’s Aid

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Children Aid Services in Ontario are facing an imminent crisis due to a $67 million dollar shortfall in funding by the provincial government.  The provincial government has…

Ontario Throne Speech – Ontario government plan for hospitals to compete for patients a ‘lose-lose’ failure in Britain—says major study

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 signal in today’s Throne Speech that the Ontario Liberals intend to proceed on a model where hospitals compete for patients and funding—being called a ‘lose-lose’ policy in Britain…

Throne Speech job promises can’t hide dangerous changes in health care and sell-off of public assets, CUPE Ontario President says

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 job promises previewed in today’s Throne Speech are vague and fail to hide dangerous changes in how patients access health care, how funding is allocated to hospitals and…

Ontario Kids First

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.     Put Ontario Kids First!  Full public funding and delivery of children’s services now!  The McGuinty government should put Ontario’s kids first. That means full public funding…

McGuinty government’s plan to privatize hospital care failed in Britain, will fail in Ontario and hospital staff will fight it aggressively

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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:  Ontarians should be alarmed that the Liberal government is planning a radical restructuring of health care “premised not on quality of care and best practices, but solely on which hospital…

Union uses Twitter, Facebook to connect with public on pay equity for women

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – The union representing employees of the Region of Peel is taking a novel approach to get its story on pay equity to the public. Local 966 of the Canadian…

International Women’s Day 2010

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. March 8 is an annual, internationally recognised day that acknowledges and honours the struggle of women in their fight for women’s rights, equality; it is also a celebration of women’s progress. In…

Ontario Budget: Windsor Walk to tell Duncan “Invest in kids!”

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, Ont. – Parents, child care advocates, child care and child protection workers will be walking on Friday, March 5 to ask Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan to keep city day cares…

Can’t own the podium if we close the ski hills Toronto budget decision being made in secret, city workers’ union says

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 – The City of Toronto is planning to rid itself of the city’s two publicly-owned and operated ski hills along with other recreation facilities and programs, according to the union representing…

Internation women’s Day March 6th, 2010

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Come out and join together to celebrate this important day. Click here for Information on Fighting for us All – Rally 11am – March 1pm – Fair 1:30pmOISE Auditorium, 252 Bloor Street…