Toronto, ON – The Ford Conservatives doubled down on the worst of their instincts, like continuing the artificially and chronically-low corporate tax rate and underinvesting in the services Ontarians rely on, said the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. “The same old Ford Conservatives are back and we’re going backwards if they get their…
Toronto, ON – The Ontario legislature is returning today, but the province can’t afford to return to a recycled budget, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. “The Ford Conservatives have continued to proudly say that they’ll be delivering virtually the same inadequate budget they presented before the election, despite inflation exploding and…
TORONTO, ON – On Tuesday, the central bargaining committee elected by Ontario’s 55,000 frontline education workers presented a full package of bargaining proposals to the Council of Trustees’ Associations (CTA) and provincial government negotiators in an effort to push the Ford government to get a fair deal done before September. These workers’ Proposals for Student…
KINGSTON, ON — A stark difference in wages paid to employees of the same company is behind a 96% strike vote by hospitality and food services staff at Queen’s University’s Donald Gordon Hotel and Conference Centre. Members of Local 229 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) voted last week to give their bargaining…
One hundred and eighty-eight years ago today, on August 1, 1834, the Slavery Abolition Act took effect, marking the legal end to slavery across the British Empire. We mark this occasion by celebrating Emancipation Day on August 1 each year across Ontario and Canada. Today, we celebrate Emancipation Day knowing that our celebrations are laced…
ST. CATHARINES, ON — After facilities management workers at Brock University voted unanimously over the weekend in favour of a strike mandate, their union is putting the university on notice that a fair wage increase and better job security are key to ensuring that operations on campus continue without interruption. Local 1295 of the Canadian…
OSHAWA, ON – Lakeridge Health Centre registered practical nurses (RPNs), personal support workers (PSWs), cleaners, porters and clerical staff polled recently report that pandemic tensions are subjecting them to increasing violence at work. 55% of them report that they have experienced physical violence and 52% have witnessed an increase in violent incidences during the COVID-19…
PETERBOROUGH, ON – At both Peterborough Regional Health Centre (PRHC) and Ross Memorial Hospital, registered practical nurses (RPNs), personal support workers (PSWs), cleaners, porters and clerical staff polled report that pandemic tensions are subjecting some of the highest rates sexual harassment and assault-related violence province-wide. Because of the conditions at work over the last two…
Unions representing 70,000 hospital workers issue open letters to the Ontario Hospital Association and the provincial government for full transparency and staff support to fix the worsening health human resource crisis in Ontario TORONTO, ON – Today, SEIU Healthcare and OCHU/CUPE, unions representing 70,000 hospitals workers across Ontario, issued open letters to hospital executives and…
TORONTO, ON – By failing to enforce a deadline mandating long-term care operators to install air conditioning in all resident rooms, Ontario’s PC government has again left frail and vulnerable residents to suffer, this time in scorching heat. “The Premier’s lip-service to the importance of air conditioning in long-term care homes just isn’t good enough.…
