York Region labour and community allies to hold rally and food drive tomorrow for striking CUPE 2073 members

NEWMARKET, ON – Public and private sector unions in York Region will tomorrow join with community allies for a solidarity rally and food drive in support of striking members of Local 2073 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 2073).   The rally will take place at 12:00 p.m. outside the Newmarket offices of…

Talks break off in CUPE-Canadian Hearing Society negotiations Union: “We still need a willing partner to resolve this”

TORONTO, ON – After four days of bargaining, talks have broken off between the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 2073 and the Canadian Hearing Society(CHS).  Talks were aimed at ending a province-wide strike that started March 6th.   “We tried in good faith to reach an agreement with the CHS,” said Barbara Wilker-Frey,…