“A clear comprehensive plan to fight this pandemic would force the Ford Progressive Conservatives to confront their ideological blind spots and reverse themselves on issues like paid sick leave, smaller classroom sizes, and appropriately-funded social services. Instead, they stubbornly continue to ignore any evidence that doesn’t fit with their worldview — and are choosing to…
Toronto, ON—Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) members at CUPE Local 4891 are beginning job action in protest of chronic underfunding to community mental health and addictions services as the pandemic takes a heavy toll on frontline workers. “Ontarians experiencing mental health concerns or addictions are suffering because they don’t have the support they need…
Toronto, ON— Child care advocates in Ontario are celebrating today’s federal budget commitment to early learning and child care. Advocates also send a strong message to Premier Ford to accept federal leadership on child care and work cooperatively with Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to build a real system of early learning and child care for…
WELLAND, ON – A tentative agreement has been reached between Local 1115 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 1115) and the City of Welland. The two parties met on Monday with a provincially appointed mediator and reached the tentative agreement. Details of the agreement will not be released until it has been ratified…
Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs regarding Bill 269: An Act to Implement Budget Measures
