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Labour leaders in North Bay gather to support Canadian Hearing Society strikers

2073-strike2017, SolidarityBy ddadgari March 15, 2017

NORTH BAY, ON – Join President of the North Bay and District Labour Council Henri Giroux, along with labour leaders and community allies for a solidarity rally in support of the members of Local 2073 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 2073). CUPE 2073 represents 227 counsellors, literacy instructors, audiologists, speech language pathologists,…

CUPE 1334 reaches tentative agreement with University of Guelph

UniversityBy ddadgari March 13, 2017

GUELPH, ON (March 12, 2017) – The union representing trades, maintenance and service workers at the University of Guelph last night reached a tentative agreement with the University of Guelph. Negotiators for Local 1334 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 1334) reached the deal with the University late Saturday evening, averting a potential…

Ontario’s labour minister called on to end savage assaults on health care staff

Health CareBy ddadgari March 13, 2017

TORONTO, ON — Savage assaults by patients and patients’ families on Ontario nurses, personal support workers and other front line hospital and long-term care staff, have left workers with severe facial injuries, broken bones, brain injuries and in several cases, unable to walk. Many are suffering from post-traumatic stress and psychological damage according to the…

As College Royal open house approaches, University of Guelph moves backward – not forward – in negotiations with CUPE 1334

UniversityBy ddadgari March 10, 2017

Union representing trades, maintenance and service workers calls employer’s latest offer ‘betrayal’ as two sides bargain in advance of Monday morning lockout/strike deadline GUELPH, ON – The union representing 240 trades, maintenance and service workers warned that negotiations with Guelph University are moving ‘backwards, not forward,’ raising the likelihood of a work stoppage that could…

Oshawa MPP and CUPE president join picketing Canadian Hearing Society workers

2073-strike2017, Strike SupportBy ddadgari March 10, 2017

The Durham office of the Canadian Hearing Society is one of 20 in the province that’s been on strike since Monday. Contract talks between the society and the workers’ union, CUPE, broke down over the weekend. CUPE President Fred Hahn was out in the cold Friday with those on the picket line to lend his…

Canadian Hearing Society workers in Hamilton on strike

2073-strike2017, Social Services, Strike SupportBy ddadgari March 10, 2017

Hamilton workers are among the more than 220 Canadian Hearing Society employees across the province that walked off the job this week after contract talks came to a halt. Members from Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 2073, which represents the staff, joined the picket line Friday afternoon outside the Hamilton office — where approximately…

Open 17 permanent hospital beds in Cornwall to deal with critical bed shortage

Health CareBy ddadgari March 10, 2017

CORNWALL, ON — With occupancy levels spiking recently to 138 per cent at Cornwall Community Hospital (CCH), the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) today called on the province to open at least 17 fully-funded and permanent beds at the hospital. The beds are needed to alleviate the consistent strain from insufficient beds at the…

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