On December 3, CUPE Ontario marks International Day for Disabled Persons. We celebrate our collective advancements, and we join others in redoubling our efforts to remove the many barriers which remain. One of the clearest lessons of COVID-19 is that it does not impact all of us equally. We’ve learned that people living with disabilities are more…
SUDBURY, ON – Working unprotected and facing psychological distress over fears of contracting COVID-19 nurses, personal support workers (PSWs), custodians and other Ontario front-line health care workers felt they were being “sacrificed” by governments, according to a new peer-reviewed study released today in Sudbury. As noted in the recent Auditor General report, the Ontario government…
The Ontario government’s fall budget is currently being debated and next week it will likely be passed, as is. That would be a disaster. In fact, it would be a good example of “disaster capitalism.” Naomi Klein popularized that term to describe instances of governments using the chaos and uncertainty of disasters to quietly usher…
THUNDER BAY, ON – CUPE Local 87, representing roughly 600 workers with the City of Thunder Bay, have armed their negotiating team with a strong strike mandate. Ninety-seven per cent (97%) of the members have voted in favour of job action if necessary, as the local prepares to return to bargaining next week. The union…
