TORONTO, ON – The latest modelling is a sign of political mismanagement that makes Ontario closer to a “failed state”, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. “I’m hearing more doctors call what’s happening in this province a humanitarian crisis,” said Fred Hahn, President of CUPE Ontario. “And when you’re in the middle…
CUPE Ontario’s leaders made the case that on-site staff across the province who have continued to show up for work through school closures and periods of online learning are at high risk of contracting COVID-19 on the job and deserve vaccine priority. “We’re here today to shine a light on the front-line workers whose work…
Windsor, ON—Children’s aid society workers in Windsor, whose work requires daily in-person visits to multiple private homes, schools, and other congregated settings, call on Dr. Wajid Ahmed, Medical Officer of Health for the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit, to use his authority to authorize vaccine prioritization for frontline workers as has occurred in other regions of…
