Yearly Archives: 2013

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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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

CUPE 1001 requests ‘no-board’ report as negotiations with University of Windsor stall

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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. – The University of Windsor needs to ‘get serious’ about negotiating a fair collective agreement with its food service and maintenance staff, the President of Local 1001 of the Canadian…

“Right To Work” For Less

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Bankers get bailed out, corporations get incentives, economies get stimulus… But workers just keep getting worked over, and ‘Right to Work’ laws threaten to take this attack much further! …

We need unions today more than ever

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Waterloo Region Record Sat Aug 31 2013 Byline: Marc Xuereb Is Labour Day an anachronism in 21st-century Canada? Many pundits and politicians would have us think so. But the cry of society’s…

Striking Bonfield municipal workers to lead North Bay Labour Day Parade on Monday

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. NORTH BAY, Ont. – The striking municipal workers from the Township of Bonfield will lead the annual North Bay and District Labour Council’s Labour Day Parade on Monday, September 2. “On…

CUPE Ontario celebrating 50 years of standing up for fairness

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 – This Labour Day weekend, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario will celebrate 50 years of standing up for fairness at events across the province, including…

Labour council chief cut from different cloth

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. When I think of labour leaders, tough-talking, loud and abrasive types come to mind like Ken Lewenza, Buzz Hargrove and Wayne Samuelson. They bashed metal or ran machines in factories and their…