ONEIDA NATION OF THE THAMES, ON – The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is pleased to announce the settlement of a first collective agreement by arbitration for employees of Oneida Nation of the Thames Emergency Medical Services. This is the first contract between the union and a First Nations paramedic service in Ontario. The…
(TORONTO, ON) – International Programs teaching staff at the University of Toronto’s New College are the newest members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). “We’re thrilled. This has been a long road, and we’re glad to focus on our students again. But we needed a good union to help us create a fair…
On June 24, CUPE Ontario celebrates Developmental Service Worker Appreciation Day—a day dedicated to recognizing the crucial work done by workers in developmental services to support people with intellectual and physical disabilities. CUPE Ontario recognizes the important role workers in developmental services play in supporting individuals with developmental disabilities, their families, and more broadly, our…
Saturday, June 20th is World Refugee Day. Today, we reaffirm our solidarity with refugees, asylum seekers, migrants, and internally displaced people worldwide. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reports that at least 70.8 million people around the world have been forced to flee their homes in recent years. Among them are nearly 25.9…
TORONTO – The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is urging the provincial government to use school reopenings as an opportunity to set province-wide standards for a range of measures that will promote safer classrooms for students and staff and help stop the spread of COVID-19 in schools. “Come September, our schools will need more…
(TORONTO, ON) The Province of Ontario’s new contact tracing app falls short of ensuring safety and creating jobs, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. “Techno-fixes that Ontarians are supposed to navigate on a voluntary basis are wholly inadequate replacements for making sure there are boots on the ground,” said Fred Hahn, President of…
OTTAWA, ON – Today the Ontario Labour Relations Board confirmed that workers at Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights (Action Canada) voted overwhelmingly to join the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). The workers voted on May 5, but the ballots could not be counted until today because of objections raised by the employer, which…
Toronto, ON — Ford’s conservatives continue to fail parents during COVID-19. More than a week after the announced child care re-opening, no new funding to support child care centres during the pandemic has been introduced. “Ford’s plan to reopen child care centres is risky—he’s taking a gamble on the health and safety of children, parents,…
TORONTO, ON – Although they’ve provided therapies, tests and other key supports to patients throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of highly skilled hospital staff are still excluded from receiving Ontario’s $4/hour pandemic pay. In addition, none of the premium has flowed to the paycheques of staff the province has tapped as eligible. Today across Ontario…
