TORONTO, ON – The announcement that Ontario’s Liberal government is selling another block of Hydro One shares just days after a Liberal fundraising scandal broke is an affront to democracy, says Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE Ontario) and a leading voice in the Keep Hydro Public campaign. “Just days…
GUELPH, ON – After being mandated to accept zero per cent wage increases in their last contract and discovering that senior management received a 9 per cent wage increase in one year alone during the same period, frontline Children’s Aid Society (CAS) workers at Family and Children’s Services of Guelph and Wellington County are standing…
TORONTO, ON — A Bill that recognizes post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a work-related diagnosis for Ontario paramedics and other emergency responders will be voted on by MPPs tomorrow. Paramedics and communication officers who are representatives of four labour groups with nearly 8000 Ontario paramedic members among them, will be in the Legislative gallery at…
NORTH BAY, Ont. — The redevelopment of Cassellholme hinges on a commitment to area residents to keep the long-term care home fully public, and “above all, open and frank dialogue. No more secret dealings with consultants and closed door votes,” says the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. For many months the nine municipalities,…
NORTH BAY, ON — A poll of North Bay Regional Health Centre (NBRHC) staff conducted earlier this week shows “staggeringly high rates of workplace violence with virtually no resolve from the hospital,” said Michael Hurley president of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) that commissioned the poll. What’s more said Hurley at a media…
More than 200 people rallied last night outside the Hastings Prince Edward District School Board in support of CUPE Local 1022’s bargaining team, who worked through the night to reach a tentative agreement. The local, representing 750 office staff, educational assistants, custodial workers, early childhood educators, library technicians, maintenance and other school workers, stated that…
TORONTO, ON – Following revelations that a bank underwriting the Hydro One sale backed a fundraiser that funnelled tens of thousands of dollars into Liberal party coffers, it is time for police to investigate, says Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. “It was a banker – Ed Clark –…
WINDSOR, ON – A group of Windsor families, child care centre operators and child care professionals dropped off a 5,000-signature child care petition yesterday the office of MPP Lisa Gretzky and used the occasion to take Education Minister Liz Sandals to task over her recent comments on proposed changes to existing child care regulations. In…
