CUPE National President Mark Hancock to join striking Toronto Zoo workers’ picket lines tomorrow morning

1600-strike2017, Municipal, Strike Support

TORONTO, ON – As the strike between the Toronto Zoo and Local 1600 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 1600) enters its third week, Mark Hancock, CUPE’s National President, will join strikers tomorrow on their picket lines. Hancock will arrive on the picket lines tomorrow, May 25, at approximately 9:00 a.m., and remain…

Would hospital funding be better for the Sudbury, North Bay, Kenora, Thunder Bay and Timmins hospitals if they had a by-election?

Health Care

SUDBURY, ON — If North Bay, Sudbury, Kenora, Thunder Bay and Timmins were in the middle of a by-election like Sault Ste. Marie, would their hospitals see a similar funding increase? Asked Michael Hurley president of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU/CUPE) in Sudbury today. While the majority of northern Ontario hospitals, including Sudbury’s…