Bonnie Haley has been a personal support worker (PSW) at the Glen Hill Marnwood long-term care home in Bowmanville for 22 years. On Tuesday at around midnight, during her overnight shift, her employer, Durham Christian Homes, presented her with a layoff notice. Haley is one of 60 long-term care workers being laid off by the…
On Tuesday, Nov. 10, a stream of honking vehicles passed Glen Hill Marnwood, decorated with words of support for the laid-off Bowmanville frontline long-term care workers. Rather than being allowed to relocate to a new, long-term care building opening in Whitby in January, approximately 70 workers are being terminated at the end of the year when Marnwood closes.…
Yesterday, November 16, more than 100 front-line members of CUPE Local 5257 went on strike. Providing blended childcare and learning support at seven Blaisdale Montessori School campuses across Oshawa, Ajax, Pickering, and Bowmanville, they are fighting for good wages – and on behalf of the 280,000 members of CUPE Ontario, we wholeheartedly support this important action. We call…
Toronto, ON — CUPE Local 5257 members at Blaisdale Montessori School, with seven campuses throughout Oshawa, Ajax, Pickering, and Bowmanville, have begun strike action as of 8:00 a.m. Monday, November 16, 2020. “Teachers and support staff at Blaisdale Montessori School are disappointed that the employer would not bring forward a fair contract after months of…
(TORONTO, ON) – CUPE Ontario is raising alarm bells about an explosive report in today’s Toronto Star illustrating how the Ford Conservatives are ignoring some of Ontario’s top public health experts by setting thresholds four times higher in new COVID-19 guidelines than those recommended by public health specialists. “What is being reported today goes beyond…
Toronto, ON – Child care workers at ABC Day Nursery in Windsor, represented by CUPE Local 543.4, have donated thousands of dollars’ worth of toys to the annual Toys For Tots fundraiser hosted by Windsor Moose Lodge. “This massive donation will help hundreds of families in need this holiday season,” says Kim Gilbert, parent and…
Toronto, ON – Buoyed by the presence of union leaders and community allies, long-term care workers participated in a car cavalcade outside their workplace on Tuesday morning to protest layoffs. Durham Christian Homes, which operates the Glenhill Marnwood location in Bowmanville, is laying off about 70 workers as it relocates to a new, modern building…
Toronto, ON – How does a resident with dementia react when the person who has been helping them eat, shower and dress suddenly disappears from their lives? How does a long-term care home benefit when the cumulative experience of workers who have spent decades caring for residents are no longer valued? These are the questions…
Toronto, ON – The Ontario government’s move towards hiring a lower classification of workers in long-term care will have consequences for residents and workers, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees. The government’s announcement on Monday called on unemployed workers, including those displaced from the retail and hospitality sector to help out at long-term care…
Waterloo, ON—Child care workers, advocates, parents, and caregivers anticipate that a recent external review, conducted by consulting firm KPMG on the regionally-operated child care centres in the Region of Waterloo, will recommend to Regional Council the immediate closure of five child care centres servicing families in the area. “The prospect of closing or off-loading child…
