“We haven’t been treated the same”: CUPE airline workers call for immediate financial support and access to benefits

Airlines, COVID-19, Solidarity

(TORONTO, ON) Yesterday, on April 1, flight attendants and flight directors, members of the Toronto Base of Air Transat, CUPE Local 4047, made their final repatriation flights, bringing Canadians back to the country due to the pandemic. The 740 members in Toronto, who are being laid off on April 5, are currently voting on a…

“We are exposed” CUPE health care members protest as government inaction starves hospitals and long-term care homes of N-95 masks

COVID-19, Health Care

TORONTO, ON – A new Ontario government policy that gives access to full COVID-19 protection – including N95 masks – to some health care workers while excluding others is “cruel and unfair”, say hospital and long-term care (LTC) workers, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). A one-day province-wide workplace action is planned…