Take Action: OFL Day of Action
Click here to participate in today’s Action, as on Sunday, May 1, 2022, the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) will host a province-wide day of action for a workers-first agenda.
Cornwall city workers call on municipal government to incorporate stronger public services in “healthy communities” vision
Cornwall, ON — City of Cornwall workers are calling on the municipality to incorporate decent working conditions and stronger public services in its vision of being a “welcoming and healthy community.” “City workers are also part of the community and we want Cornwall to be a great place to live. That requires strong public services…
National Day of Mourning solemn reminder of the consequences of diminished health and safety spending
Toronto, ON — Leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, funding to Ontario’s health and safety associations declined by approximately 17 per cent between 2013 to 2020. On April 28, National Workers’ Day of Mourning for those who lost their lives on the job, CUPE calls on all political parties to commit to improved spending on…
“Demand better, vote together: The Ontario we deserve”: CUPE Ontario’s 2022 Convention video
The first morning of Convention included this year’s Convention Video. Click below to watch this video.
This budget is an election ploy: CUPE Ontario
TORONTO, ON – Thursday’s budget announcement is little more than a cynical election ploy that Ontarians see through, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. “Ontario spends less on public services per person than any other province and it shows in the burnout of front-line workers, the capped wages, the schools and hospitals…
“It’s time to redouble our efforts to protect workers”: CUPE Ontario’s Day of Mourning statement
40 years ago, CUPE members played a major role in the creation of the Day of Mourning, a day to remember those who lost their lives or fell sick on the job and recommit to preventing such tragedies from ever happening again. But as far as we’ve come, the work is not nearly over. Just…
Newly unionized language instructors at University of Toronto make historic job security gains
TORONTO, ON – Contract instructors at University of Toronto’s New College are enjoying new job security, pension and other benefits as several provisions in their historic first collective agreement come into force this week. The group includes language and academic skill instructors. Some work year-round in the International Foundations Program (IFP) and others work summers…
Soaring COVID infections among health-care workers prompt hospitals to cancel surgeries, redeploy nurses
COVID-19 infections of health-care workers — among the highest levels since the start of the pandemic — are resulting in surgery cancellations or delays and reduced emergency department hours and capacity in several hospitals across the province. Staff absences are also forcing hospitals to redeploy nurses to cover for sick colleagues and to ask some…
“Workers demand access to every avenue toward justice and reparations”: CUPE Ontario calls on the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario to maintain unionized employees’ access
TORONTO, ON – The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) needs to maintain the right of unionized employees to access the tribunal, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. “Workers whose lives are impacted by systemic racism, ableism, homophobia, and all forms of oppression have always had the option of either filing a…
Who will staff new Vaughan long-term care beds?
VAUGHAN, ON – A severe, provincewide staffing shortage will prevent many of the Ford government’s promised new long-term care beds, including those announced today in Vaughan, from opening, according to the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), the province’s largest healthcare union. “Minister Calandra can make all the announcements he wants, but if there’s no…
