TORONTO – After silence from Toronto Metropolitan University management over the weekend, custodial and maintenance workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) started their first-ever strike Monday morning. “It’s been a frustrating process. All we’re asking for is wages that keep up with the cost of living in Toronto, and for a…
TORONTO – CUPE Ontario has launched a campaign to shine a light on the link between the current crisis in the province’s public services and the years-long history of wage suppression for frontline workers in Ontario’s public sector. The “Workers Are Worth It” campaign kicked off last week with a series of online advertisements and…
TORONTO – Custodial and maintenance workers at Toronto Metropolitan University represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) are starting their first-ever job action this morning after the university administration failed to address the rising cost of living and inequality in the pension plan during negotiations. “This is historic. We’re people who usually quietly…
PORT COLBORNE, ON – Bev Rumboldt hasn’t slept well since the strike at Community Living Port Colborne-Wainfleet began. With minimal communication from management about staffing issues, she’s anxious her daughter Brooklynne, who is 25, non-verbal, and has autism, isn’t getting the level attention she needs. “No parent wants to live with that worry or stress,”…
Bradford West Gwillimbury, ON – After more than a year of trying to get a first collective agreement, members of CUPE Local 905 working at the Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library have voted nearly unanimously to take strike action if necessary. “We’re very frustrated. This library is a vital community hub, and as library workers,…
TORONTO – A pension dispute more than two years in the making could lead to labour disruption at Toronto Metropolitan University later this week, says the union representing custodial and maintenance workers at the school. “Toronto Metropolitan University prides itself on lifting people up through education and promoting equity, but what they’re doing right now…
This year Day of Pink is held on April 12 and CUPE Ontario is proud to recognize it as a day to celebrate diversity, especially in the 2SLGBTQI+ community. In 2007, two students at Nova Scotia high school witnessed another student being bullied because he was wearing a pink shirt. That same day, they spoke…
For the last 18 months, OMERS has been conducting a review. They call it a “risk assessment,” but, based on OMERS’ past practice, we know it means OMERS decision-makers are considering more cuts to OMERS pension benefits. Beginning in 2007, there were annual proposals that would have cut your OMERS pension benefits. Workers defeated them…
PORT COLBORNE, ON – Developmental service workers have decided they’d rather walk picket lines then be stuck on shift for days on end. After more than a year of bargaining between the roughly 100 members in CUPE Local 2276 and Community Living Port Colborne-Wainfleet (CLPCW), talks broke down on Wednesday. There was only one main…
