Monthly Archives: May 2013

CUPE reaches contract settlement with Community Living Guelph Wellington – support workers pledge to continue to advocate for better funding

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. GUELPH, Ont. – Now that front line staff at Community Living Guelph Wellington (CLGW) represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) have ratified a new contract settlement with their employer, they…

Speaker Biographies

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Convention 2013 Speaker Biographies: Sylvia McAdam is one of the four founders of Idle No More, the grassroots movement that has been making headlines for First Nations and Aboriginal rights…

United Way thanks CUPE Locals 82 and 543 for their contributions to $142,761 municipal donation. Way to go Local 82 and Local 543!

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 Windsor Star | May 14, 2013 | Last Updated: May 14, 2013 – 6:08 UTC The City of Windsor has won the United Way’s 2012 Community Workplace Champion Award…

Budget not enough to help the needy

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 Pembroke Observer May 11 2013   I am a front-line support worker at Community Living Upper Ottawa Valley and president of CUPE Local 5088. The provincial budget announced May 2…

Supportive Housing in Peel staff overwhelmingly reject management’s ‘final offer’

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.  Members of CUPE 966 give bargaining committee 90% mandate to take ‘any action’ required to achieve a fair settlement MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Staff of Supportive Housing in Peel (SHIP), members…

Read the letter to LTC members regarding National Nursing, Home/Long – Term Care week 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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Dear CUPE Ontario long-term care sector member: We want to thank you for the valuable and compassionate work you do each day and throughout the year supporting long-term care residents…

Ontario Budget 2013

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 Ontario government introduced the 2013 budget on May 2. Follow the links on this page to get more information. CUPE Ontario Pre-Budget Submission CUPE Ontario press release: Liberal budget…

Privatization comes at hefty public expense – thespec.com

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Coalition pushes for more privatization (April 23) It is odd that after attempts at privatizing public services, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce proposes we audit all government services to determine which…

Ontario budget offers grim future for developmentally disabled and their families

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Guelph, ON  – Despite a small funding injection, yesterday’s provincial budget was met with “disappointment and bewilderment” by Guelph Wellington families of individuals with a developmental disability and the community living staff…

Liberal budget choices ignore human tragedies

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 – With today’s provincial budget, the Ontario Liberals chose to ignore the mounting human tragedies in communities across the province, said Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian Union of Public…