Submission on behalf of CUPE Ontario and the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions to Ontario’s Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission
Toronto, ON — Members at Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 4392 have voted 90.5 per cent in favour of going on strike. “Our decision to explore the possibility strike action is informed by robust consultation with CUPE Local 4392 members who report feeling dehumanized by the current working conditions at Community Living Guelph…
Toronto, ON — Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 2998, who represents more than 250 community centre workers, announces today that a tentative agreement has been reached with the City of Toronto. The tentative agreement follows other City of Toronto bargaining patterns and includes modest wage improvements, improvements to maternity leave benefits and layoff…
Toronto, ON — Workers at the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) have voted 95.5% in favour of strike action as a uniquely challenging round of bargaining reaches a critical point. “WSIB would rather force 3,400 hardworking members, who are supporting Ontarians during a particularly vulnerable time, to strike instead of bargaining a fair contract,”…
We’re now a year into a global pandemic that’s put a greater strain on front-line workers than we’ve seen in generations – a strain that has impacted the working conditions, the jobs, and the health and safety of people keeping our communities functioning and safe. On International Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) Awareness Day, CUPE Ontario…
Article by Andrew Willis, The Globe and Mail (click here to read the article on theglobeandmail.com) Pension plan OMERS turned in a 2.7-per-cent loss on its investments in 2020 as the pandemic weighed down returns from its holdings in shopping malls, a theatre chain and other consumer-facing businesses. Assets of Toronto-based OMERS declined by $3-billion…
TORONTO, ON – CUPE Ontario is calling for increased scrutiny of today’s announcement by the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) that the pension fund lost more than $3 billion last year. This represents a shortfall of more than $10 billion compared to their own benchmark returns for 2020. OMERS manages more than $100 billion…
Toronto, ON – The Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) pension fund has announced a loss of more than $3 billion last year, says Fred Hahn, President of CUPE Ontario. “This extends a longer pattern of underperformance at OMERS,” said Hahn. The union, which is the largest member of the plan, is calling for a…
TORONTO, ON – Long-term care staffing in Ontario remains far below pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels. The gravity of the staffing shortage requires a substantive and comprehensive recruitment, training and retention workforce strategy, say health care unions representing approximately 70,000 personal support workers (PSWs). Today’s announcement is a step in the right direction from what was announced…
We need 20,000+ PSWs trained right now. The Ford Conservatives’ plan is completely inadequate. Listen to Candace Rennick’s interview on CBC’s Metro Morning here: bit.ly/2ZIp3Nl
