After Ford government decimates Northern Ontario library service, CUPE 4705 leader calls for “massive pressure” before more damage done

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SUDBURY, ON – After watching the elimination of more than half of the positions of an agency that enhances the quality of libraries across the province, the president of Local 4705 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 4705), called on residents of Northern Ontario to apply massive pressure to the Ford government before…

Ford government’s cuts to GSN funding signal drastic drop in services for students and job losses for education workers

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TORONTO, ON – The union that represents 55,000 education workers in Ontario schools is calling today’s release of the 2019-20 Grants for Student Needs (GSNs) by the Ministry of Education “an attack on students, on public education and on the people who provide services to students.” It also projects a minimum loss of 2500 positions…