BELLEVILLE, ON – CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn will be available to media on Wednesday, January 22nd at 12:45pm prior to his presentation to Pre-Budget Committee. Fred Hahn’s presentation will call on the province to reverse the cuts to services across the province in the upcoming budget and to reinvest in communities. The presentation will…
Today, we remember Martin Luther King Jr. and honour his teachings by weaving the struggle for racial and economic justice into all our work as a union. It is often forgotten that King worked closely with organized labour all his life. His final days were spent with sanitation workers in Memphis, on strike following years…
TORONTO – The City of Toronto’s outside workers, represented by Local 416 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 416), have voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking strike action if a fair contract cannot be reached by the union and the City of Toronto. The vote was held on January 14 and 15, with…
NORTH BAY, ON – 74.3 % per cent of 1005 of people polled in North Bay support keeping the in-hospital addiction treatment program with 31 beds including several dedicated to crisis intervention at the North Bay Regional Health Centre (NBRHC) open. The poll conducted earlier this week was released today by the Canadian Union of…
TORONTO – As they enter conciliation with the city, Local 416 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 416) remains committed to negotiating a fair contract that protects city services for the residents of Toronto. Earlier today the City of Toronto announced it had requested that the province appoint a conciliation officer to assist…
On behalf of the 270,000 CUPE members across Ontario, we offer our deepest condolences to families, friends, and co-workers who lost loved ones in the tragic crash of Ukrainian International Airlines Flight PS752. Twenty-four passengers from eight Ontario universities were on the flight, many of whom were members of CUPE academic locals. Although we are…
OAKVILLE, ON – Ahead of a resumption of negotiations between the Town of Oakville and the union representing more than 330 ‘inside’ workers, members of Local 1329 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 1329) today held a rally and information session a short distance from the Town’s administrative offices. “We are out here…
