Kathleen Wynne Should Pull the Plug on Hydro Privatization, Andrea Horwath, Leader, Ontario NDP
Kathleen Wynne Should Pull the Plug on Hydro Privatization, Andrea Horwath, Leader, Ontario NDP
Carbon pricing announcement an important step for Ontario
TORONTO, ON – Establishing a system to combat climate change and generate new revenue for projects with social and environmental benefits is an important and positive decision says Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. “Climate change is the biggest environmental and economic challenge of our generation, and Ontario…
Release of legal opinion on proposed Hydro One sale
TORONTO, ON – Wednesday morning at Queen’s Park, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario will release a legal opinion from Steven Shrybman, a partner at Sack Goldblatt Mitchell, on the provincial government’s plans to sell a stake in Hydro One. CUPE requested the opinion because of concerns over the legality of government…
Stop care cuts, make long-term care safer for residents, health minister urged
Toronto, ON ― Claudia George front line staff at a Toronto nursing home where a resident was killed by another resident in 2013, today urged Ontario’s health minister to intervene immediately to stop a 200 hour a week cut to resident care at the home. At a Queen’s Park media conference, George cautioned that The…
Education workers give CUPE a resounding strike mandate in provincial talks
TORONTO – Results have been tallied in strike votes held across Ontario over the month of March, and education workers have given their union a 93% mandate to take job action if necessary in the current round of provincial negotiations. “That number says it all,” said Terri Preston, chair of CUPE’s provincial school board bargaining…
Why are we wearing pink on April 8?
Across the province, thousands of CUPE Ontario members will wear pink on April 8 in recognition of the International Day of Pink. We wear pink on this day as part of our continuing stand against bullying, discrimination, homophobia and transphobia in our schools and communities. The Day of Pink began in 2007, when two Nova…
Care cuts at home where resident brutally killed in 2013 put residents’ safety at risk, warn nurses and PSWs
Toronto, ON ― A 200 hour a week cut to resident care at the Wexford Residence, the Toronto nursing home where a resident was brutally killed in 2013 by another resident, poses a safety risk, warn front line staff holding a media conference this Thursday, April 9 (11:30 a.m.) at the Queen’s Park media studio.…
Thousands of PSWs left waiting for promised wage increase as province misses its own April 1 deadline
Toronto, ON – Home care and community-based personal support workers (PSWs) were left in the lurch yesterday, waiting for a much anticipated $1.50 wage increase, promised to them by the Ontario Premier and the former health minister. The April 1, $1.50 raise, is the second in a series of phased-in PSW wage enhancements totalling $4/hour…
York University strike ends as CUPE 3903 members ratify three-year collective agreement
‘Historic’ agreement contains broad improvements to pay and working conditions, will make York a ‘leader’ on equity issues TORONTO, Ont. – By overwhelming margins, members of Units 1 and 3 of Local 3903 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 3903) have voted to ratify a three-year collective agreement with York University. …
