Lambton County must show leadership and invest in future leaders: CUPE urges committee to reject proposal to close Coronation Park Day Nursery

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. SARNIA, Ont. – Front line child care workers are urging Lambton County council’s standing committee to reject senior management’s proposal to close Coronation Park Day Nursery. The 38 early childhood educators (ECEs),…

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Are elementary classrooms becoming more violent?

Click Here to see the full article at CHEXTV “There is a crisis in Ontario’s elementary schools according to some teachers, unions and other educators. The province recently spent 10 million dollars to beef up external security but a Newswatch investigation reveals that internal violence is the most pressing danger for educators and students. Pamela…

Ontario government funding announcement for developmental services big on numbers, short on detail

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. CUPE Ontario cautions that residential supports for 1400 won’t eliminate current waitlist of 12,000; timeframe leaves many families years away from help TORONTO, Ont. – The Canadian Union of Public Employees…

International Day of Pink

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. On Wednesday, April 9, we are wearing pink in recognition of the International Day of Pink, a day against bullying, discrimination, homophobia and transphobia in schools and communities. The Day…

Through community engagement, CUPE 79 helps make annual ball hockey tournament “the ‘best-est’ Saturday ever” for hundreds of city kids

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 Union representing 20,000 City of Toronto ‘Inside’ workers wants the ‘best-est’ ball hockey tournament in Toronto to be the biggest. On the heels of this weekend’s successful…