Monthly Archives: May 2012

Parents and workers unite to stop closure of home and relocation of residents with developmental disabilities in Durham Region

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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. – Workers and parents of people with developmental disabilities currently living in Community Living Oshawa/Clarington homes are uniting to fight management’s decision to close a home and relocate residents in…

Schools need more support to help students succeed

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 – People for Education’s recent report on Ontario’s publicly funded schools shows a growing inequity in the provision of services students need to succeed, says the president of Ontario’s largest…

St. Christopher House is on 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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. SOLIDARITY RALLY & MARCH Wednesday, June 6th, 5:30 to 7PM 248 Ossington Ave. (Ossington & Dundas St. W.) Download the full page rally flyerDownload the half-page rally handbill Click for…

St. Christopher House workers seek public support to end employer-provoked 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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. TORONTO, Ont. – The workers at St. Christopher House, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 3393, are disappointed and frustrated that their employer has chosen to fight them at…

CUPE Ontario raises more than $30,000 for striking workers in Region of Peel

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 – At its annual convention in Windsor, Ontario, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario raised more than $30,000 in donations from members in less than ten minutes. Deletes…

Province must act immediately after tragic patient death at St. Joseph’s

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Front-line staff call for coroner’s inquest HAMILTON, ON – Front-line staff at St. Joseph’s Healthcare – where a forensic patient was beaten to death by another patient – say that after…

WE WON’T BE SILENCED – Vowing to stand up for the services they deliver, Ontario Works staff on strike hold rally to tell Renfrew County Council that enough is enough!

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. PEMBROKE, ON – After two weeks on the picket line, Ontario Works staff in the County of Renfrew – members of CUPE 4989 – are inviting supporters to come out and…

Fred Hahn acclaimed to second term as CUPE Ontario President

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 – Fred Hahn was acclaimed to a second two-year term as President of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario in Windsor at the 49th annual convention of the…

Act hidden in budget bill begins sell-off of Ontario, means more back-room deals

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 – An act buried in the Ontario Liberal government’s mammoth budget bill makes sweeping changes that open the door to privatizing almost any crown corporation or government service, and will…

National Emergency Medical Services Week

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. May 25, 2012 Sisters and Brothers: Emergency Medical Workers are a vital part of every community across our province.  As CUPE Ontario officers, we want to thank EMS workers for…