Join CUPE Ontario and Whitfield Belasco’s Concept Costume Creators to celebrate Toronto Carnival on August 5, 2017! Around the world, Carnival celebrations began as part of the struggle for emancipation. They were a way for enslaved Africans to assert their dignity and humanity in a society where they were prohibited from other forms of expression.…
YORK REGION, ON – Education workers with the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) are firmly rooted in their communities, and delegates at a sectoral union conference in York Region last week decided to show their commitment to that community by raising funds for Belinda’s Place, a local women’s shelter. Education workers with the Canadian…
SUDBURY, ON — Sudbury lost 700 jobs last month and the results of a poll released today indicates that overwhelmingly the community expects large employers like the regional hospital and MPP Glenn Thibeault to save jobs locally. 91.9 per cent of those polled said they do not support a decision by Health Sciences North (HSN)…
KINGSTON, ON — With hospital occupancy at between 101 and 120 per cent for several months at Kingston General Hospital (KGH), the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 1974 and the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions of CUPE called on the province today to open at least 45 fully-funded and staffed beds at the hospital.…
CAMBRIDGE, ON – The City of Cambridge is headed for its second municipal work stoppage this month as talks broke down between the city and Local 1882 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 1882) which represents 163 inside workers for the City of Cambridge. The talks broke down over attempts by the city…
KINGSTON, ON — The fix to a consistently too-full Kingston General Hospital (KGH) is “not ill patients triaging themselves at home and staying away from hospital. It’s not sick patients on gurneys in hallways with overworked staff trying to keep up. The solution to the chronic shortage of inpatient beds must be a permanent one;…
TORONTO – In votes held province-wide, education workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) have ratified a contract extension that settles central and local agreements until August 31, 2019. The deal was reached with the province of Ontario and the Council of Trustee Associations (CTA) in late December. The agreement was ratified…
NORTH BAY and PARRY SOUND, ON – On behalf of vulnerable children and families, child protection workers expressed anger and disappointment that Nipissing and Parry Sound Children’s Aid Society (CAS) is unwilling to agree to a deal that will keep children safe and end the lockout that began on December 23. Negotiations that began Friday…
L’ORIGNAL, ON – 250 education workers with the Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l’Est ontarien (CSDCEO) will be back on the job Tuesday after ratifying a tentative agreement that was reached on the weekend. The workers commenced strike action on February 7th after going two and a half years without a contract. “We’re pleased…
NORTH BAY, ON – Labour leaders and community supporters from across the Nipissing and Parry Sound area came out at lunchtime Monday, to show their love for the Children’s Aid workers who have been locked out since before Christmas. Holding signs calling on the employer to ‘Have a Heart,’ and ‘Show some Love,’ more than…
