TORONTO, ON – The Ford Conservatives have chosen chaos and confusion over delivering the paid sick days that a growing chorus of Ontarians has called for, said the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. “This is not the paid sick days we need,” said Fred Hahn, President of CUPE Ontario. “Health experts, including their…
On April 27th, CUPE Ontario’s Executive Board resoundingly passed a motion to endorse Team Unite for election at the 2021 CLC Convention. Team Unite includes long-time CUPE Local 79 leader and CUPE Ontario activist Lily Chang, who is running for Secretary-Treasurer and has a proven track record of fighting for members in the workplace and…
HAMILTON/NIAGARA ON – Although COVID-19 has shown how little capacity our hospitals have after decades of cuts, the crisis for Hamilton and Niagara hospital patients will get much worse, says a Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) research paper, Ontario Hospital Crisis: Overcapacity and Under Threat released today. The Ontario 2021 budget plans to cut…
