TORONTO, ON – Working people in Ontario are struggling to keep their heads above water and decisive government action is required, said CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn in response to the Changing Workplaces Review interim report released today. “The employment reality for millions of Ontarians is one of multiple part-time jobs, short-term contracts, disappearing well-paid,…
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ESSEX, ON – In an interest arbitration decision released last week, provincial arbitrator James Hayes denied a County of Essex’s contract proposal to change the sick time and short term disability plan for 300 paramedics, represented by CUPE Local 2974.2, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). The sick time change rejected by the…
22 July, 2016 The Honourable Kevin Flynn Ontario Minister of Labour 400 University Ave. Toronto, ON M7A 1T7 Dear Minister Flynn, I am writing to you regarding the Changing Workplaces Review and growing concerns over the repeated delays of the release of its interim report that was originally expected in February. The employment…
ESSEX, ON – After the Town of Essex Council passed a motion on Monday night to encourage both parties to return to the bargaining table, CUPE representatives reached out to the library chair at the council meeting to resume bargaining for Tuesday or Wednesday, the chair replied, ‘We are not able to assemble the team.’…
TORONTO, ON (July 19, 2016) – Home care services of more than 1500 infirm and elderly, inner city patients provided by Toronto’s Neighbourhood Group are still in peril of coming to an end despite today’s announcement of additional sector-wide funding by the provincial government. Personal Support Workers from Neighbourhood Group provide home care to low…
MISSISSAUGA, ON – With their strike now entering its third week, the president of the union representing striking Mississauga Library System (MLS) workers said “the time is now” to return to the bargaining table and salvage what’s left of summer programming. “Families depend greatly on summer library programming, and time is running out,” said Laura…
WATERLOO, ON – Normal operations have resumed at Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) after striking custodians, groundskeepers and tradespeople voted yesterday to ratify a new collective agreement. “This has been a very difficult experience for our members who stood on the picket line, and I’m so proud of them for standing up for principles that don’t…
GRAVENHURST, ON – Residents at Muskoka Shore Nursing Home are not getting the level of care they need and the Wynne government must take immediate action, said staff from the home who held a rally Monday to draw attention to the urgent situation. “We now have only three personal support workers scheduled for every 60…
ESSEX, ON – Fred Hahn, President of CUPE Ontario, along with Candace Rennick, CUPE Ontario’s Secretary-Treasurer, and the executive board of the CUPE Ontario Division, will lead a solidarity rally for striking Essex County library workers on Thursday, July 14, at 11:00 a.m. in front of the Tecumseh Library at 13675 Street Gregory’s Road in…
