Frontline Residential and Community Workers in Hamilton call for urgent action to address chronic short staffing, declining workplace morale

COVID-19, Social Services, Women's

HAMILTON, ON – Frontline residential and community outreach workers at Good Shepherd Family Centre, Reaching Home and Women’s Services Hamilton, who are represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 5167, are exhausted from long hours, low pay, and acute workplace stress that has resulted in chronic understaffing, high staff turnover, leading to…

“We need answers and accountability”: Important Questions about OMERS’s Investment Returns

Fix OMERS--updates, Solidarity

Dear CUPE members in OMERS, This week will be the first time that OMERS makes public its mid-year investment results. CUPE Ontario wants OMERS’ returns to be strong. Good investment returns are in the best interest of workers and employers alike. Solid returns are critical to delivering on the modest OMERS pension promise, without putting…

Toronto community housing workers approach possible job action; employer refuses to protect services for TCHC’s 110,000 tenants

Municipal, Strike Support

Toronto, ON — Effective Sunday, August 22, at 12:01 a.m., more than 700 housing workers at Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) who are represented by Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 79, will be in a legal strike position to enhance safety, improve quality, and ensure affordability for 110,000 Torontonians who rely on social housing.…