TORONTO, ON – As striking Emergency After Hours Staff (EAHS) prepare to return to the bargaining table this Friday, they are inviting the public to join them on the picket line this afternoon and throughout the week as they cheer on the playoff-bound Toronto Blue Jays. The striking workers, members of Local 2316-1…
WATERLOO, ON – Front-line Waterloo public services workers, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) are urging the Region of Waterloo to invest in important public services, as council meets tonight to discuss recommendations from an outside consultant firm. CUPE Ontario president Fred Hahn will attend tonight’s council meeting to highlight the importance…
Snap decision by board comes without consultation or correct process: programme supporters YORK REGION, ON – York Catholic District School Board (YCDSB) is planning on axing a popular Italian language and culture programme that currently runs in 23 of its schools and critics charge the decision was made without consulting families, students, instructors, or the…
TORONTO, ON – Education workers represented across Ontario by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) are escalating their job actions today after the latest round of negotiations failed to produce an agreement. “We didn’t see movement on the issues CUPE members sent us to the table to discuss,” said Terri Preston, Chair of the…
We are deeply saddened that Sid Ryan will be leaving the helm of the Ontario Federation of Labour and want to take this opportunity to recognize his many efforts, over many years, to build a strong and progressive labour movement in our province. Sid served as President of CUPE Ontario from 1992 to 2009. This…
TORONTO, ON – Ontario’s first child care policy summit will take place tonight and tomorrow at Ryerson University, bringing together leading figures in wide-ranging discussions about the impact of recent child care changes in Ontario and opportunities to advance progress on provincial child care policy. The thought-provoking forum has been organized by the Ontario Coalition…
Union makes ‘best possible effort’ to resolve months-long dispute; ‘The ball’s squarely in the employer’s court now,” says CUPE 2316.1 President TORONTO, ON – The fate of a nearly two months-long strike is now in the hands of the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto (CAST), the union representing striking Emergency After Hours Staff (EAHS)…
OTTAWA, Ont. ― 250 health care staff from across the province are in downtown Ottawa today, taking part in a march of remembrance in memory of 29 long-term care residents, killed as a result of violence by another resident in Ontario nursing homes since 2001. The national and Ontario leadership of the Canadian Union of…
