Monthly Archives: March 2014

Cuts to resident care at FJ Davey concern families, care staff holding media conference Wednesday, April 2 – 12 noon, Delta Waterfront

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Call on MPP Orazietti to act Sault Ste. Marie, ON – Significant cuts to residents’ care at the FJ Davey Home is “extremely worrisome,” say resident family members and front line…

‘Why fix something that is not broken?’ Ask seniors, disabled and their families as they continue the plea to stop the switch of service providers at York homes

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. NEWMARKET, Ont. – As seniors and the disabled brace themselves for a change in caregivers at York Region homes, starting April 1, residents and their families are questioning why the government is…

End of health accord between the provinces and federal government marked by community protests across Ontario on Monday, March 31

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 – Monday, March 31 2014, marks the end of the Health Accord − a ten-year agreement between the federal government, provinces and territories − that provided stable federal funding and…

Earlier discharge for new Ottawa moms is linked to the closure of birthing in Renfrew, puts newborns potentially at risk

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Ottawa, ON – The announcement last week that Ottawa moms will be discharged within 24 hours of delivering a baby is directly linked to the closure of the birthing unit at Renfrew hospital…

The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing intervenes in Bonfield crisis

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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. – In one of her final acts as Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Linda Jeffrey sent a letter to the Mayor of Bonfield stating that the “allegations being made…

Close the Gap

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CUPE Local 3908 reaches tentative agreement with Trent University

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. PETERBOROUGH, Ont. – Contract talks on Monday between Local 3908 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and Trent University’s administration have resulted in a tentative agreement for the university’s contract…

Time to end “War on the Poor” protesters from across province tell Premier at Liberal convention

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 – Hundreds of people from across the province marched on the Liberal convention in Toronto today, banging pots and calling on the Ontario government to stop its “War on the…