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…
TORONTO, ON – Ontario PC government legislation tabled today that will expand private and for-profit surgeries and procedures isn’t smart spending but costly policy that will increase costs, waits and death rates, lower patient outcomes and bleed scarce staff from public hospitals, says Michael Hurley president of CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions. “Throwing huge…
Today is Pink Triangle Day, a date on which we acknowledge and celebrate 2SLGBTQI+ people, families, and communities. At CUPE Ontario, we reaffirm our solidarity against 2SLGBTQI+ oppression in all its forms, as well as against all forms of homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia in our society. The name, Pink Triangle Day, has its own sombre…
ST. CATHARINES, ON – Clinical Nursing Instructors at Brock University are the newest members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), following today’s decision at the Ontario Labour Relations Board. The decision follows a vote in November, when an overwhelming majority of instructors voted to join the union, which represents academic workers at most…
KINGSTON, ON – CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn is urging the Ford government to stop deliberately starving public programs and invest more in public services in its next budget, declaring that “Ontarians elect their government to make life better, not to run things into the ground.” Hahn is in Kingston today, appearing at a public…
WINDSOR, ON: The paramedics of Essex County organized as CUPE 2974 have voted 100 per cent in favour of strike action in the event of an impasse during ongoing negotiations. The strike mandate comes after years of relentless advocacy by CUPE 2974 calling on the county to improve the quality of service the local community…
In November, the provincial government passed Bill 23, a legislation that will starve municipalities of funding, harm our environment, and worsen the housing crisis. The stated purpose of Bill 23, Build Homes Faster Act is to make housing more attainable by increasing supply. However, the legislation serves for-profit developers’ interests by redefining “affordable housing,” making it easier…
(Markham, ON) – Markham Public Library workers, members of CUPE Local 905, are preparing to walk off the job on February 10th. The 163 librarians, library services associates, digital library specialists, and borrow services staff at Markham Public Library overwhelmingly voted against a proposed deal from the City of Markham, primarily due to insufficient wages…
CUPE Ontario is pleased to join Canadians everywhere in marking the start of Black History Month, four weeks devoted to recognizing and reflecting on the tremendous achievements of Black Canadians and Black people living in Canada. In a special tribute this year, Canada Post has issued a stamp commemorating Chloe Cooley, an enslaved Black woman…
TORONTO, ON – The workers who keep Toronto’s most vulnerable pedestrians safe are now enjoying greater well-being themselves. The 386 crossing guards who are members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 5519 and employed by ASP Security Services voted last week to ratify their first collective agreement by an overwhelming majority with…
