Agencies’ stonewalling over pay hikes for workers undercuts progress toward better services for people with developmental disabilities

Social Services

DURHAM REGION, ON – Participation House Durham and Community Living Ajax-Pickering and Whitby (CL-APW) are among a handful of developmental service agencies in Ontario refusing to play by the rules for paying out hundreds of thousands of dollars in provincially funded wage increases to frontline workers. Last year $180 million was earmarked by the Ministry…

CUPE’s 55,000 education workers file for conciliation in central school board talks

School Boards

TORONTO, ON – The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), representing 55,000 education workers in Ontario, has requested the aid of a conciliator from the Ministry of Labour in its central negotiations. “It’s clear we are going to require assistance to get these talks moving,” said Terri Preston, chair of CUPE’s central bargaining committee. “We’ve…

Children’s Aid Society of Toronto refuses to bargain seriously, putting city’s most vulnerable children and their families at risk

Social Services

Pickets to go up Monday afternoon as CUPE 2316-1 commences legal strike after 2.5 year effort to secure first contract TORONTO, ON – After trying for two-and-a-half years to secure a first collective agreement, Emergency After Hours Services staff of the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto (CAST), members of Local 2316, Unit 1 of the…