Yearly Archives: 2014

CUPE Ontario celebrating Emancipation Day weekend at Carnival

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 – Members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario will once again celebrate Emancipation Day by participating in Toronto’s Carnival Grand Parade. The annual event attracts more than…

Union warns of threatened lockout in Black River-Matheson, disputes employer’s claims regarding hours of work

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. BLACK RIVER-MATHESON, Ont. – Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1490, representing workers at the Township of Black River-Matheson, is warning that management is threatening a lockout over hours-of-work demands the…

Western University dishes out disrespect and disparity to food service workers as management triggers countdown to a possible lockout

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. LONDON, Ont. – Food service workers at Western University are being treated like second-class citizens, charges the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), representing 600 workers who serve students, faculty, staff and…

Keep Health Care Public!

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Town Hall Meeting Protect, Strengthen, and Expand HealthCare: Why we need a new Health Accord Join CUPE National president Paul Moist on Thursday, September 4, for…

People’s Social Forum and March to Parliament Hill – August 21

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 Thursday August 21, thousands of community and labour activists from across Canada will serve notice on Steven Harper that we will be replacing him in the 2015 election. We…

Workers herald call for mandated developmental services and an end to wait lists, raise concerns over funding

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 – Developmental service workers across Ontario are welcoming a new government report that recommends making supports for people with developmental disabilities a mandated service. At the same time, they are…

Real solutions needed to address crisis, say frontline developmental service 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. Frontline workers optimistic as Select Committee on Developmental Services releases final report Toronto, ON – Just over a week after the release of the Ontario budget, the Select Committee on…

CUPE Ontario leaders join frontline workers in rally against care-hour cuts at Frost Manor long-term residence

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. – Beginning next month, residents of local long-term care home Frost Manor will receive 75 fewer hours of care biweekly, on top of the loss of 112 personal support hours…

Time to care – time to show solidarity!

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. An Invitation From CUPE 2225 Members of CUPE 2225-08 are facing more cuts, the second round in the past year. At Frost Manor Long-Term Care Residence, 14…

Ontario’s twice-tabled budget a double dose of campus disappointment, CUPE leaders warn

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.   Lowest per capita post-secondary funding in Canada shouldn’t be Premier’s point of pride ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – As it did when it was first tabled ten weeks ago,…