Bonfield municipal workers to call defensive strike after Mayor moves to impose contract and dictate terms and conditions

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. TOWNSHIP OF BONFIELD, Ont. – Members of Local 4616-2 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) will be on strike as of 12:01 a.m., August 1, after the Township of Bonfield…

Hoping to save jobs to maintain continuity for residents, TELCI staff try to reach voters before August 1 by-election

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 workers at the Therapeutic and Education Living Centres Inc. (TELCI), members of CUPE Local 1521-03, are mounting an eleventh-hour campaign to try to hold onto their jobs in…

Kingston workers taking health care concerns to premiers’ meeting in Niagara-on-the-Lake

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. KINGSTON, ON – Two busloads of Kingston-area workers will join a mass rally in Niagara-on-the-Lake Thursday, where provincial and territorial premiers are meeting to discuss a new federal Health Accord. Members of…

Front-line child protection workers at Huron-Perth Children’s Aid Society warn inadequate provincial funding forcing service cuts for at-risk children and youth

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. STRATFORD, Ont. – “Provincial under-resourcing of child welfare agencies like the Huron-Perth Children’s Aid Society (CAS) is wreaking havoc across the child welfare sector in Ontario,” says Lynn Gauthier-Baxter, President of the…

CUPE Ontario members taking health care message to Niagara-on-the-Lake premiers’ summit

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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. – Hundreds of members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario will converge with community groups in Niagara-on-the-Lake on Thursday, where provincial and territorial premiers are meeting to…

Health Care 2011

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Response to the Proposed Ontario Personal Support Worker (PSW) Registry for Health Care – August 2011 Response to the Proposed Ontario Personal Support Worker (PSW) Registry for Health…

Provincial underfunding of child welfare blamed for service cuts, volatile labour relations climate as CUPE members rally in support of striking Dilico Anishnabek Family Care workers

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) joined striking Dilico Anishnabek Family Care workers on the picket line today in sounding an alarm bell about the…