Monthly Archives: November 2013

Toronto Centre By-election support

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. There will be a federal by-election in the riding of Toronto Centre on November 25 and we have an opportunity to get a great labour-friendly candidate elected.  The attack on labour by the…

Win an Apple iPad! Take the Pledge Today

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Win an Apple iPad! Hello Sisters and Brothers, Don’t let your members miss out on the Stand up for fairness draw for two Apple iPads! It’s simple –…

Government’s P3 plans a mistake

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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. – Ontario needs strong, stable infrastructure, but today’s announcement that the government will re-write rules to increase public-private partnerships (P3s) is a mistake, says Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian…

Labour groups call for Labour Market Partners Forum

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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) Labour organizations, including the Ontario Federation of Labour, Unifor, and CUPE-Ontario are calling on the federal government to find new monies for the Canada Jobs Grant, instead of absorbing funds earmarked…

Bonfield Mayor rejects CUPE offer to send outstanding issues to arbitration after mediation talks fail to end strike – Mayor to contract out snow removal

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 – Mediation talks that began last Friday and continued today aimed at ending the Bonfield municipal strike that began August 1st, broke down tonight after Mayor Randall McLaren refused…

Coalitions launch national joint statement opposing dangerous changes to Employment Insurance

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 – Coalitions advocating for fair employment insurance policies today issued a national joint statement opposing dangerous changes to Canada’s Employment Insurance system made by the Harper government. The launch marks the…

Minimum wage is 21 per cent below poverty line CUPE Ontario report to Minimum Wage Advisory Panel calls for increase to $14/hr

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. – A full-time worker earning minimum wage in Ontario has an income 21 per cent below the poverty line, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario told a provincial…