Yearly Archives: 2013

Day of Pink letter from Fred and Candace

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Wednesday, April 10 is the International Day of Pink, a day against bullying, discrimination, homophobia and transphobia in schools and communities. By negotiating clauses into our collective agreements that prohibit discrimination,…

CUPE Ontario mourns the loss of Peter Kormos, a legislative lion

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 – On behalf of our 240,000 members across Ontario, CUPE Ontario joins those mourning the loss and celebrating the life of our Brother Peter Kormos, the former NDP Member of…

Union forming Timmins CUPE Council

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Timmins Press News LocalWednesday, March 27th  TIMMINS – The union representing public sector workers wants to have a stronger voice in Northeastern Ontario. Leaders of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) are…

Ontario LTC residents get one hour less care a day than rest of Canada: Health minister must act to increase personal care hours

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Families, long-term care staff at Queen’s Park rally today TORONTO, ON – Following this month’s tragic homicide of a senior in a Toronto long-term care home, and “a decade-long string of…

CUPE leaders gathering in Timmins to strengthen local organizing with a new union District Council

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. TIMMINS, ON – Leaders of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) are gathering in Timmins tomorrow to found a new Timmins CUPE Council. “Parental leave, health and safety regulations,…

EMS employers’ “interference unwelcome” say paramedics opposed to a regulatory college

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – March 26, 2013) – It is inappropriate for emergency service (EMS) employers to weigh-in to support college regulation for paramedics “when it is an issue for paramedics themselves to…

On 10th Anniversary of SARS Emergency, take a moment to remember ordinary people who became extraordinary heroes

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. – As Toronto marks the tenth anniversary of Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak, the leaders of Local 416 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 416) are urging…

Cutbacks at Windsor-Essex Children’s Aid will hurt vulnerable children and families, CUPE warns

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. – After learning that 18 case aides and family access workers are being terminated due to downsizing at the Windsor-Essex Children’s Aid Society, the president of Local 2286 of the…

Staff at A Place Called Home seek a safer workplace to better serve the homeless

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.  LINDSAY, Ont. – Shelter workers at A Place Called Home, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), are seeking to improve their working conditions in contract talks, to better serve…