ECEs call for a provincial child care workforce strategy, including a $25 minimum wage, to address Ontario’s growing child care worker shortage

Child Care, COVID-19, Governmental

Toronto, ON—More than 1,500 Early Childhood Educators (ECEs), child care workers, and supporters have signed an online letter calling on federal and provincial governments to ensure that the Ontario child care agreement includes a wage grid and strategy to address the province’s growing child care workforce crisis. Ontario has until March 31st to sign onto…

Image shows Ontario Premier Doug Ford standing in front of a podium, smiling into the mic and gesturing with his left hand outwards. The podium reads "Back to work, back to life" and features the Runnymede Healthcare Centre logo.

Doug Ford’s government is quietly privatizing health care

COVID-19 media stories, CUPE Ontario in the Media

Words matter. Recently, Health Minister Christine Elliott announced the expansion of private hospitals in Ontario. Missed this? So did many of us, possibly because of the words she selected: “we can let independent health facilities operate private hospitals.” That offhand reference to “independent health facilities” sounds a whole lot better than this: “We will award…