Ontario Public Library Week

Ontario Public Libraries Week (October 20-26) highlights the important role public libraries and library workers play in our communities. Our theme this year is “Your Library Belongs to You.” Which is very true. Public libraries exist and provide their huge range of services because of funding that comes from you through your municipality. This week,…

Ontario falling behind other provinces on child care wages and jeopardizing progress on $10-day child care plan, new report shows

Toronto, ON — As a child care workforce shortage is limiting families’ access to affordable child care, a new report shows that Ontario has fallen behind most other provinces on wages in child care. The report from the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care and the Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario shows that Ontario…

“We will always oppose two-tier wages”: CUPE Local 1490 continues to reject unequal wages ahead of a Sunday strike deadline

(Black-River Matheson, ON) – 14, full-time, municipal workers at the Township of Black River-Matheson are headed towards a strike deadline of 12:01am Sunday, October 15, mainly over the issue of unequal wages, says CUPE Local 1490. “The Employer has been pushing a two-tier wage, something we consider fundamentally divisive because it will mean that new…

“We can avoid a strike but we’ll hit the picket lines if we have to”: CUPE Local 53 Town of Whitby workers fight harmful concessions ahead of strike deadline

(Whitby, ON) – Approximately 300 Town of Whitby municipal workers may be on strike as of 12:01am Saturday, October 14, over scheduling and hours, says CUPE Local 53. “The Employer has made it clear that what they want is full and complete unilateral control over everyone’s scheduling, ensuring that we’re going the gold standard to…

“Region of Peel, be our ally in protecting good jobs and services”: CUPE Local 966 members give powerful deputations to council ahead of dissolution

Brampton, ON – With the dissolution of the Region of Peel quickly approaching, workers are worried that their jobs and services will not be protected and are calling on the region’s council to join in their advocacy, said members of CUPE Local 966 during deputations in front of council today. “Not knowing what lies ahead…

“We’re Uniting for a Fair Contract”: Peterborough County/City Paramedics present a banner signed by 200 people ahead of conciliation

(Peterborough, ON) – We’re working to ease the recruitment and retention crisis facing Peterborough County/City paramedics, said CUPE Local 4911 as they hosted a member engagement photo opportunity in front of Peterborough Regional Hospital, displaying a banner signed by over 200 people supporting their efforts. “Peterborough residents rely on paramedics who can respond rapidly to…

Statement from CUPE Ontario and the International Solidarity Committee on the war in Israel and Gaza

In the true tradition of trade unionism, CUPE Ontario will always choose justice over injustice, side with the powerless over the powerful, and support the colonized over the colonizer. Throughout the world, CUPE Ontario’s International Solidarity Committee (ISC) links members to workers’ global struggles so that we may stand in solidarity with all oppressed peoples.…

As workers build power, Community Living Guelph Wellington plans cuts that will hurt

Guelph, ON – After a year of bargaining, and right as workers have begun building momentum towards a fair and necessary deal, Community Living Guelph Wellington (CLGW) has cried poverty and announced closures and layoffs that will hurt workers, people supported, and families. The more than 450 frontline developmental service workers in the Canadian Union…