Yearly Archives: 2013

Canadian Hearing Society’s efforts to gut collective agreement will harm deaf, hard-of-hearing communities across province, warns CUPE 2073

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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. – Efforts by the Canadian Hearing Society (CHS) to gut their collective agreement won’t just hurt their employees—they’ll also damage Ontario’s deaf and hard-of-hearing communities, the union representing CHS workers…

Land transfer of Toronto Zoo elephants not what’s best for animals, warns CUPE 1600

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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. – The animal care professionals at the Toronto Zoo are expressing fears that continually changing plans to transfer the Zoo’s elephants to an animal sanctuary in California are not in…

Engaging Patrons: Fight Back on the 2011–2012 Toronto Budget and Beyond

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 following article by Local 4948 President Maureen O’Reilly was published in Parthership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research. It is republished here under Creative Commons license. …

Township of Bonfield triggers possible lockout of municipal 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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. TOWNSHIP OF BONFIELD, Ont. – Residents of the Township of Bonfield could soon lose the important services of municipal workers after the Mayor and Town Council started the countdown to lock out…

Rally for more long-term care staffing

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 – Every bell that sounds is a vulnerable person in need of care, and the staff at long-term care facilities know this as they juggle tasks that delay them from answering those…

More care needed for northeastern Ontario nursing home residents to deal with rise in complex medical needs and dementia

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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, ON – As the care needs and age of people in northeastern Ontario going into nursing homes with complex conditions are increasing, the Ontario government is willfully ignoring the evidence…

Malahide Township triggers possible lockout of municipal 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. TOWNSHIP OF MALAHIDE, Ont. – Residents of the Township of Malahide could be without the services of their outside municipal workers as early as 12:01 a.m. later tonight, June 29, as management…

CUPE Ontario members kick off golden anniversary summer at Toronto Pride

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 – CUPE Ontario is kicking off a summer of celebration at this week’s Pride events in Toronto. The weekend will begin with Friday’s Trans March, followed by the Dyke March…

As talks resume, CUPE 2191 warns it’s ‘Critical’ for Community Living Toronto to ‘Get Serious’ about negotiating a 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. TORONTO, Ont. – The needs of thousands of Torontonians with intellectual disabilities are taking a back seat to efforts to strip basic employment protection from the people who help them live independently…

Shadow Summit and Mass Rally

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Canada is facing a crucial fork in the road for our public Medicare system. In 2014, the 10-Year Health Accord that sets the terms for health care funding and…