Yearly Archives: 2012

CUPE Locals launch campaign to protect democratic rights (Guelph)

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 Locals launch campaign to protect democratic rights GUELPH, Ont. – Members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) from Locals in Guelph, Kitchener/Waterloo, Cambridge and the surrounding area…

CUPE Locals launch campaign to protect democratic rights

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. THUNDER BAY, Ont. – Members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) from area Locals are meeting tomorrow to put into action a campaign aimed at protecting workers’ democratic rights to…

Stripped of earned benefit (Toronto Sun – Letter – CUPE member Paul Hopton)

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Stripped of earned benefit Toronto Sun Letters to the Editor, Nov. 12, 2012 12:00 AM EST It amazes me that all of the coverage about Ontario’s Bill 115 is solely…

Bill 115 is an attack on working class people says reader (Mississauga News – Letter – CUPE member Jessica Reusch)

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 News Thu Nov 8 2012 Byline: Jessica Reusch, Brampton Dear Editor: The ramifications of Bill 115 continue to affect public support workers. This cleverly named “Putting Students First Act” is,…

Défendons les droits des travailleurs – Réunions d’urgence des membres du SCFP

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. In English               URGENT – À toute vitesse – Réunions de tous les membres du SCFP de l’Ontario à compter du 13 novembre Le 18…

Bill 115 an attack on support staff: says reader (Smiths Falls EMC – Letter – Lois Linttell, VP, Local 5678)

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Thu Nov 8 2012   DEAR EDITOR: We are taught as children not to fight at school – not to raise our fists on the playground – not to be…

Other educational workers affected by Bill 115 (Smiths Falls EMC – Letter – CUPE Member Sue Bolger)

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Thu Nov 8 2012 DEAR EDITOR: There has been a lot of talk about how the recent passing of Ontario Bill 115 – Putting Students First Act has affected teachers…

Bill 115 not just about teachers (The Chatham Daily News – Letter- Suzanne Mills President, CUPE 4168 )

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Thu Nov 8 2012 Sir: On Sept. 11, the Ontario government passed Bill 115 – the Putting Students First Act -stripping away the right to free collective bargaining of all…

Join the demonstration November 28th at noon

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 Liberal government is about to introduce legislation, which will end meaningful collective bargaining and binding interest arbitration and will give the government the power to impose contracts on workers.…

Changing arbitration system not helpful (The Niagara Falls Review – Letter – Michael Hurley, President, Ontario Council of Hospital Unions)

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Tue Nov 6 2012 RE: Council calls for arbitration reform, Oct. 26. Like many Ontario municipalities, Niagara regional council is missing the mark on arbitration, which covers far more essential…