CUPE-OSBCU comment on FAO review of Ministry of Education’s spending plan TORONTO, ON – The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) responded to yesterday’s release of the review by the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario (FAO), which analyzed the Ministry of Education’s spending plan from the 2021 Ontario Budget and the 2021-22 Expenditure Estimates, with…
Andrea Horwath spoke at the CUPE Ontario Convention about the importance of public services and the NDP’s commitment to improve people’s lives and build stronger communities across Ontario. Click the video below to watch Andrea’s speech.
El Jones, a spoken word artist and former CUPE member, delivered a powerful performance of her original poem “#PublicServicesSaveLives” on day three of the CUPE Ontario Convention 2021. The piece was specifically written for this event. Click below to watch the video.
TORONTO, ON – With CUPE Ontario’s first-ever virtual convention still underway, delegates re-elected Fred Hahn as President and Candace Rennick as Secretary-Treasurer. Additionally, 4 Vice-Presidents were elected. “I’m so thankful and humbled that the hard-working front-line workers and members of CUPE Ontario have entrusted me yet again with this position,” said Fred Hahn, who has…
Additional resolutions aim to support CUPE’s lead child care coalition partner, the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care (OCBCC) and prioritize first-hand member stories in a comprehensive public awareness campaign. Carrie Lynn Poole-Cotnam, Chair of Ontario’s Social Service Workers’ Coordinating Committee (SSWCC), encouraged convention delegates to support Resolution No. 5 that calls on CUPE Ontario…
On the second day of our first-ever virtual convention, delegates continued debates over timely resolutions, applauded members who received well-deserved awards, heard about our exciting Action Plan, and exercised the collective and democratic power of voting for some of our most critical positions. Delegates re-elected Fred Hahn as President and Candace Rennick as Secretary-Treasurer. Also…
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario represents 280,000 public sector workers. President Fred Hahn says it is time to listen to experts and legislate. “We have been crystal clear from the first day of this crisis,” said Hahn. “Ontarians need this government to legislate universal employer-provided and permanent paid sick days that is…
“Every day we wait is a day that will damage our prospects of beating COVID.”–Fred Hahn Watch this segment on CityNews Toronto about why we need Paid Sick Days.
The Ontario government is offering to double federal sick leave payments to $1,000 a week for workers in the province amid the surging COVID-19 pandemic – if Ottawa agrees to administer the program. In an April 22 letter to Finance Minster Chrystia Freeland, obtained by The Globe and Mail, Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy said…
Watch CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn on a CP24 Toronto’s Breaking News panel discussing the Ford government’s inadequate paid sick day plan. “The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) published a poll last week that showed overwhelming support across all party lines for paid sick days, because people understand that it’s long past time that we…
