Municipal workers in Schreiber face strike or lockout deadline of December 4th after management continues to demand contract rollbacks

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. SCHREIBER, Ont. – Local 87 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), representing 13 municipal workers in the Town of Schreiber, Ontario, hopes upcoming mediation talks will assist the union and…

As ‘cash machine’ Canadian Standards Association puts profits before pensions, CUPE 967 serves Monday strike notice

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. MISSISSAUGA, Ont.– After refusing to accept substandard pensions for future generations, laboratory professionals and clerical staff at the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) will be on legal strike at 12:01 a.m., Monday, November…

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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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

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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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

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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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