CHS workers hit picket line

Four employees of the Canadian Hearing Society in North Bay were joined on the picket line by a couple dozen locked-out Children’s Aid Society workers Monday morning. The Canadian Hearing Society workers, members of CUPE local 2073, hit the picket line Monday morning after last-ditch talks on the weekend failed to reach an agreement. The…

Negotiators for locked-out workers at Nipissing and Parry Sound CAS back at the bargaining table on Tuesday

NORTH BAY and PARRY SOUND, ON – Locked-out children’s aid workers are hopeful that the support they received from MPPs during their recent visit to the Ontario legislature will help to kick-start negotiations with Nipissing and Parry Sound CAS and restore high-quality child protection services in the north. Tomorrow (March 7) will see negotiators for…