Windsor, ON – On Friday, CUPE workers from across the province will rally at the Regency Park Long-Term Care home in solidarity with seven long-term care staff who received layoff notices from the for-profit home operated by Universal Care. The seven staff include two dietary aides, three personal support workers, one registered nurse, and one…
Face à l’augmentation alarmante du nombre de postes vacants, aux fermetures sans précédent de salles d’urgence et aux milliers de patients qui meurent dans l’attente d’une intervention chirurgicale, trois grands syndicats représentant environ 70,000 travailleurs du secteur hospitalier de l’Ontario ont signé aujourd’hui à Queen’s Park un Pacte de solidarité pour sauver nos hôpitaux publics…
Whitby, ON – After two days of bargaining the Town of Whitby continues to push for unnecessary and harmful concessions, says municipal workers represented by CUPE Local 53. “Yesterday, the Employer put out a media release saying that we rejected an offer that included wage increases and benefit improvements but that’s, at best, only half…
BELLEVILLE, ON—The following is a statement from Kim Craig, a public health inspector and the president of CUPE Local 3314: “This afternoon, frontline workers at Hastings Prince Edward Public Health voted 81% in favour of ratifying our tentative agreement with the board of health. “We look forward to the employer successfully ratifying our new three-year…
BELLEVILLE, ON—After 10 days on strike, frontline public health workers at Hastings Prince Edward Public Health have reached a tentative agreement with the board of health. The workers’ bargaining committee resumed negotiations with management on Monday afternoon following news that their nurse coworkers, members of Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) Local 31, ratified a collective agreement…
