Federal government must restore Local Programming Improvement Fund to help keep CHCH afloat: Hamilton hospital staff

Health Care

HAMILTON, ON – “The federal Liberal government needs to take a broad approach to funding infrastructure and step in now to restore the Local Programming Improvement Fund, cut this year by the CRTC, which pumped between 5 and 8 million dollars annually into CHCH television in Hamilton,” say the presidents of two of Hamilton’s largest community…

Bargaining resumes tomorrow between CUPE 926 and Wilfrid Laurier University

University

Custodial workers’ union prepared to negotiate “as long as it takes … but we need a willing partner at the bargaining table,” says CUPE 926 President Allan Savard. WATERLOO, ON – Bargaining will resume tomorrow between Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) and the union representing custodial, groundskeeping and trades workers on campus. Representatives of Local 926 of the…