Monthly Archives: September 2013

Poverty: No more talk, it’s time for action Anti-poverty groups picket Liberal ‘poverty reduction’ consultation

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 – Refusing to participate in another fruitless round of consultations, anti-poverty groups from across the province today picketed outside the Wynne government’s Poverty Reduction Strategy meeting in Toronto. “The…

CUPE National and Ontario leaders lead solidarity rally for striking Bonfield workers on Thursday

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. BONFIELD, Ont. – Paul Moist, National President of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), along with CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn and Sid Ryan, President of the Ontario Federation of Labour…

Striking CUPE workers to help sweltering students beat the heat

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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, Ont. –  Striking skilled trades and professional staff at the University of Windsor, members of Local 1393 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 1393), will be helping students beat…

CUPE 966 urges return to bargaining table as March of Dimes Peel goes on ‘Fast Track’ to lockout

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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, Ont. – Negotiators for Local 966 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 966) are urging March of Dimes Peel to return to the bargaining table after the community agency…

Bonfield Mayor’s firing of one-third of the strikers will backfire, charges CUPE

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. BONFIELD, ONTARIO–(Sept. 10, 2013) – After publicly stating that he’s hopeful a resolution can be worked out to end the six-week Bonfield municipal strike, Mayor Randall McLaren fired five municipal workers today,…

Statement regarding the inquest touching the death of Jeffrey Baldwin

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 – Members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) from the child welfare sector are among the parties granted the opportunity to participate at a coroner’s inquest in Toronto…

Rain doesn’t dampen spirits at CUPE Family Day in the Park

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Nearly 400 CUPE Ontario members and their families brought sunshine to a rainy day in Thorold at the third annual CUPE Family Day in the Park. The free event, organized by…

New study on C. difficile suggests benefits of rapid testing – Union calls on Ontario to lead in development

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 – A major study of 12,000 samples from patients with C. difficile in four  hospitals in the United Kingdom (UK), published in respected medical journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases this…

CUPE 1393 calls on university to ‘finish the job – let’s negotiate, so we can celebrate’

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, Ont. – Negotiations are at a crucial stage between Local 1393 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 1393) and the University of Windsor administration, with the sides being in…

3rd annual CUPE Family Day in the Park

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. THOROLD, ON – The third annual CUPE Family Day in the Park will take place this Saturday, September 7, from noon to 4 p.m. Residents of communities across Niagara are invited to…