CUPE education workers ready to defend students’ education services against Ford government cuts

Education, School Boards, Solidarity

TORONTO, ON – Against a backdrop of crowded classrooms, fewer opportunities for learning and less support for students, Ontario education workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) have voted in record numbers to deliver a strike mandate of 93 percent in favor of job action, as part of the fight to protect…

Hamilton patients, hospitals face grim future under years of Conservative funding cuts: CUPE to release projected shortfalls to 2023

Health Care, Solidarity

Hamilton, On – Although Hamilton’s population is growing and aging, Ontario’s Conservative government is planning multiple years of budget cuts to area hospitals. That’s in addition to the $42 Million in cuts for Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) and St. Joseph’s Health Care (in 2019) exposed just a few days ago. “What’s coming will be much…