This year, International Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) Awareness Day lands on February 29 and CUPE Ontario continues to call on measures which support workers confronted by this common yet preventable condition. RSIs, also known as musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), are a collection of ailments affecting the tendons, muscles, and nerves and joints in the neck, back, chest,…
Peterborough, ON – A tentative agreement has been reached between Trent University and the union representing the institution’s part-time instructors. Negotiators for Unit 1, Local 3908 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 3908-1) and Trent reached the deal following a marathon round of bargaining between the parties, who were assisted by Provincially-appointed mediator…
TORONTO – Eddie Mariconda, President of CUPE Local 416, will provide an update to media on the status of bargaining between the Union and the City of Toronto at 1 p.m. this afternoon. This briefing will take place in the Ottawa Room of the Doubletree Hotel, located at 108 Chestnut Street, near Toronto City Hall.…
TORONTO, ON – Eddie Mariconda, President of CUPE Local 416 and Howard Goldblatt, legal counsel to CUPE Local 416 will address media on the ongoing negotiations between the union and the City of Toronto. As the result of a City of Toronto requested no-board, a labour dispute could begin at 12:01am on Thursday, February 27.…
(NIAGARA FALLS, ON) On Saturday, February 22, the Ontario Division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) joined thousands of labour and community allies for a rally outside the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario’s policy convention in Niagara Falls. Organized by the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL), members and leaders from a range of…
TORONTO, ON – CUPE Local 79, representing over 22,000 inside workers with the City of Toronto, has requested a no-board report in their negotiations with the City, citing a lack of meaningful discussion on significant outstanding issues. “The City has been quite open about their attempts to seek significant concessions, erode job security and set…
TORONTO, ON – Following the City of Toronto’s announcement on contingency plans for a possible labour disruption, CUPE Local 416 offered their own plan, one that respects all parties: negotiate a fair contract and avoid a labour dispute. “How does the City Manager stand up there and say the City respects its workers and looks…
Pre-Budget Submission 2020: Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs
TORONTO – Thousands of young people in Toronto’s public schools are being short-changed because the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) is playing games with their education, says the union that represents more than 13,000 support staff at the board. With hundreds of education workers’ jobs going unfilled in the city’s schools, TDSB is depriving students…
NORTH BAY, ON – More than 2,000 North Bay residents joined an often “emotional” community town hall call last night to discuss the proposed cut (in July 2020) of a hospital-based addictions treatment program. Ninety-four per cent (94%) on the call said they oppose the closure of the 31-bed unit at the North Bay Regional…
