HAMILTON, ON – Royal Botanical Gardens (RBG) workers, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees, voted on Wednesday, July 22, to accept a new collective agreement that includes significant wage increases and other improvements in their contract. “We are happy that we were able to secure significant gains for our members in this round…
LONDON, ON – The City of London’s inside workers, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), voted earlier this afternoon to accept a new four-year collective agreement, ending a strike that started on May 23. “This has been a long and difficult strike for our members and their families and, this afternoon, our…
GUELPH, ON – A poll, conducted by Environics Research, shows 8 in 10 Guelph residents oppose the Liberal government’s plan to sell 60 percent of Hydro One, and may be taking their anger out on Liberal candidates in the federal election. The riding of Guelph has reliably elected Liberals to federal office since 1993, but…
TORONTO, ON – The Liberal government has sidelined the Hydro One board of directors in advance of the proposed sell-off of this public asset, according to a letter sent to the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) on behalf of CUPE (Canadian Union of Public Employees) Ontario. The letter charges that the Ontario government’s move contravenes securities…
GUELPH, ON – The president of Ontario’s largest union will participate in a public town hall meeting about the Liberal plan to sell off Hydro One, this Thursday in Guelph. “Wherever this kind of hydro privatization has happened, it’s driven up rates. That will hit everyone’s pocketbook, and it will mean municipalities, schools and hospitals…
LONDON, Ont. – The Parties have reached a tentative agreement that both negotiating teams will recommend to their principles. No further details will be released until ratification votes have been held. The media blackout will continue until both ratification votes have taken place. -30-
CUPE union claims Hydro One sale violates securities law A major opponent of the Ontario government’s decision to sell Hydro One is asking financial regulators to halt the multibillion-dollar deal, saying it contravenes securities law.
OTTAWA, ON – Tamir, an Ottawa community living agency for people with developmental disabilities, is one of a handful of agencies denying its frontline workers thousands of dollars in provincially funded wage increases. The agency’s refusal to follow the rules laid out by Ontario’s Ministry of Community and Social Services is also undermining government efforts…
OTTAWA, ON – As Ottawa city councillors prepare to decide tomorrow whether a new main library branch should be part of council’s priorities for the 2015-18 term, Local 503 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) – which represents Ottawa municipal and library employees – has distributed a lobby kit to all Ottawa council…
HAMILTON, ON – While the Royal Botanical Gardens (RBG) prides itself as an ‘ecological jewel’ and a living paradise for locals and visitors to escape to, the 33 front-line workers who maintain the RBG’s gardens, grounds and buildings, are facing the harsh reality of falling behind as their wages have not kept pace with inflation…
