Frontline Toronto youth mental health workers vote 100% in favour of strike action if a fair deal can’t be reached

Health Care

TORONTO – Workers at YouthLink, a mental health agency that helps roughly 3,000 Torontonians aged 12 to 24 each year, are unanimous in their belief that youth in crisis need consistent care provided by fairly paid workers. YouthLink’s clinical counsellors, child and youth workers, residential counsellors, outreach workers, shelter workers, student development workers and administrative…

Professional Association for Ontario’s ECEs Join Frontline Early Years Workers as Newest Members of CUPE

Education, Solidarity

TORONTO – What started a year ago with one-on-one conversations among workers culminated this month with a 100 percent certification vote as workers at the Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario (AECEO) joined the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). The six members of the AECEO – the professional association for Early Childhood Educators in…

CUPE 109 housing workers call on Kingston Frontenac Housing Corporation to invest in resident services, negotiate fair deal

Solidarity

KINGSTON, ON – CUPE 109 housing workers are calling on their employer, the Kingston Frontenac Housing Corporation, to negotiate a fair deal that would help them deliver better service to KFHC residents. “Throughout the pandemic, the housing workers went above and beyond to maintain optimum service delivery to residents,” said Adam Bol, president of CUPE…

Federal healthcare funds must be invested in paramedics and the broader public healthcare system: CUPE Paramedics

Health Care, Paramedics

TORONTO, ON – The $74 billion ten-year healthcare deal between the Ontario and the federal government is a positive step but the funds must be immediately used to improve paramedic services and bolster the public health care system, says Niko Georgiadis, the chair of the CUPE Ontario Ambulance Committee that represents the majority of paramedics…