With Bill 28 repealed, education workers need a significant wage increase and funding for services that would demonstrate government’s commitment to student success

Bill 28, Solidarity

TORONTO, ON – The following is a statement from Laura Walton, educational assistant and president of CUPE’s Ontario School Boards Council of Unions: “This afternoon, Ontario’s education workers have their rights back. With the shadow of Bill 28 lifted, education workers can now focus on achieving a fairly negotiated collective agreement that meets the needs…

WorthMore

Memorandum: ECEs and CHILDCARE WORKERS ARE WORTH MORE!

Child Care

MEMORANDUM DATE:              November 14, 2022 TO:                  All National Representatives FROM:            Christina Gilligan, Associate Coordinator – Child Care RE:                  Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Plan   In March 2022, the Ontario government signed on to the Canada Wide Early Learning and Child Care plan (CWELCC). But, they have…

Tell the Ford Conservatives: Don’t be a bully

School Boards

On Monday, October 31st, the Ford Conservatives took the unprecedented step of proposing legislation that would force a contract on education workers, violating workers’ constitutional right to bargain fairly, keeping many workers in poverty, instead of continuing with negotiations. To pass it, they’ve invoked the notwithstanding clause, overriding the Charters’ protections of the fundamental right…

CUPE and Kingston paramedics call for the immediate addition of 180 hospital staff at Kingston’s hospital to deal with COVID wave and flu surge; 1000 more hires in 2023 just to maintain service levels

Health Care

KINGSTON, ON – Kingston Health Sciences Centre must immediately add 180 full-time staff to deal with higher patient volumes from this fall and winter’s COVID-19 wave and pressing flu season or patient care will continue to decline and ambulance offload delays will increase, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and OPSEU/SEFPO paramedics said at…