Wednesday, May 1 is May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day. It’s a day for workers and the labour movement to celebrate the social and economic gains made for all working people. CUPE Ontario members voted at Convention to recognize this day, which commemorates general strikes that commenced on May 1, 1886, when police…
The Raise the Rates Campaign presents: Ellen Clifford, Disabled People Against Cuts, UK The UK has implemented brutal cuts to programs for unemployed and disabled people, including denying disability benefits to thousands of people. Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) is has been at the forefront of fighting the cuts. Atos, the private company carrying out…
Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 – Today’s provincial budget will mean cuts to public services, warned Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario, following today’s budget announcement at Queen’s Park.…
Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Day of Action at Queen’s Park on the Private Clinics: Deliver Tens of Thousands of Ballots from Our Citizen-Led Referendum to the Ontario Legislature Fill the Gallery of the…
Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Workers injured on the job hold the Ontario government responsible for severe WSIB cuts. The Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups will picket the Ministry of Labour in the weeks…
Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 councillors to invest in the future of children in Lambton SARNIA, Ont. – Concerned parents, families, community members and front line child care workers gathered last week to express…
Every year, on April 28, we pause to recognize workers who have been killed or injured on the job. The Day of Mourning, created by CUPE members and first observed in 1984, is recognized by workers in communities across Canada and in more than 100 countries worldwide. No one should die because of their 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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Every year, on April 28, we pause to recognize workers who have been killed or injured on the job. The Day of Mourning, created by CUPE members and first observed in 1984,…
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. – Yesterday’s shocking report by City of Toronto Ombudsman Fiona Crean into management practices at Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) should serve as “a wake-up call to all Torontonians,” the…
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. – Representatives of food service workers at Trent University have expressed satisfaction at the progress resulting from meetings between them and Compass Group Canada. The meetings were scheduled…
