Yearly Archives: 2010

Carleton University Teaching Assistants and Contract Instructors reach tentative agreement

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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. – Teaching Assistants (TAs) and Contact Instructors (CIs) at Carleton University, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 4600, have reached tentative settlements with the administration, averting…

Help build local economies by keeping hospital food local in Kingston

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Lend your support at:  http://www.kingstonfoodfight.ca/A Kingston-based community campaign to stop the contracting out of the foodservice operation at Kingston General Hospital (KGH) to a global factory-food corporation needs your support. Local…

Statement from CUPE Ontario President Hahn, on the death of Fred Taylor, founding President of CUPE Ontario Division

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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, ON—“We learned today of the passing of Fred Taylor, CUPE Ontario’s founding President, over the weekend. As workers, we all owe a debt of thanks to Brother Fred for his…

Carleton University Office, Professional and Technical Staff approve tentative agreement – strike deadline remains for Contract Instructors and Teaching Assistants

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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. – Support staff at Carleton University, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 2424, have voted 97 percent in favour of a tentative agreement with the administration,…

University of Ottawa Teaching Assistants vote for strike mandate

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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. – At a Monday, November 15th Regular General Assembly (RGA), members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 2626 voted to give their bargaining committee the tool to…

You are invited to a special advance screening of ‘Made in Dagenham’!

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 Equal Pay Coalition, in association with CUPE Ontario, Ontario Federation of Labour, Maple Pictures, United Steelworkers Local 1998, the Machinists Union and the Canadian Labour International Film Festival, are hosting a…

The annual CLIFF Festival—Movies by, for and about Working People! – November 20-28

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 annual Canadian Labour International Film Festival is returning to Toronto! From November 20 to November 28, Innis Town Hall will serve as Festival headquarters, with screenings taking place throughout the…

Support motion to keep hospital food local

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Community group urges Kingston council and mayorRally tomorrow before council votes KINGSTON, Ont. – When it comes to making Kingston a leader in sustainability initiatives and local food production, a decision to…

Find your newly-elected labour council-endorsed Mayors, Councillors and Trustees HERE!

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Thanks to your votes and volunteering, 177 labour council-endorsed Mayors, Municipal Councillors and school board Trustees were elected in Ontario’s Municipal elections. Click here to find a list of winning labour council-endorsed…

Your voice counts! Join the Globe and Mail’s conversation on the future of health 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. Over the next week, the Globe and Mail newspaper is having a debate on their website about the future of health care in Canada. It’s a debate we can’t lose! Visit…