Monthly Archives: October 2013

Union urges Community Living to ensure services for supported adults by negotiating a fair, first contract

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 — The union representing workers who support 150 adults with developmental disabilities will meet the management of Community Living Upper Ottawa Valley (CLUOV) in mediation on Wednesday, October 16. …

Toronto EMS overwhelmed, understaffed, says report

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 union representing Emergency Medical Services workers says very little has improved almost a year after an 87-year-old woman died after waiting three hours for an ambulance. “From what I’m hearing…

CUPE 5088: bargaining for a first, fair contract

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 5088 are working to avoid a strike at Community Living Upper Ottawa Valley (CLUOV). The local represents 76 workers who support adults with developmental disabilities and…

Hamilton CAS workers and supporters hold Stop the Shutdown – Fund Child Welfare rally as agency shuts down services due to provincial funding cuts on Friday, October 11

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. HAMILTON, Ont. – On day one of the five scheduled service shutdown days at the Hamilton Children’s Aid Society (CAS), due to continuous provincial funding cuts at CASs across Ontario, CAS workers…

CUPE 1393 ratifies three-year collective agreement with University of Windsor

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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), have returned to work today…

Students want portion of tuition returned; U of W inks deal with 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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Windsor Star Wed Oct 9 2013 Byline: Grace Macaluso Source: The Windsor Star As the University of Windsor signed off on a three-year tentative agreement Tuesday with CUPE 1393, it faced…

CUPE praises public libraries during Guelph event

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 Mercury October 8 By:Vik Kirsch GUELPH—Library patron Caroline Drohan didn’t need convincing Monday on the impact a library has on local residents as an employees union handed out information leaflets…

Tentative agreement reached in talks to end strike at University of Windsor; Deal reached in University of Windsor 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. Canadian Press Tue Oct 8 2013 WINDSOR, – A tentative contract agreement has been reached in talks to revolve the month-long strike by nearly 300 workers at the University of Windsor.…

CUPE 1393 reaches tentative agreement with University of Windsor

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, ONTARIO–Negotiators for Local 1393 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 1393) have today reached a tentative agreement with their employer, the University of Windsor. The tentative agreement comes…

Unsafe practices, extra-billings at private outpatient surgery clinics should be cautionary lessons for Ontario health minister

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 – Recent disciplinary proceedings reviewing the unsafe, dangerous and, in one case illegal, practices of several doctors doing medical procedures at private, out-of-hospital medical clinics, along with reports of questionable…