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Legislation expanding private surgeries and procedures will harm Ontario patients, cost more, bleed staff away from public hospitals and leave them with the most complex cases: CUPE

Governmental, Health Care, SolidarityBy Alisha Sharma February 21, 2023

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…

CUPE Ontario statement for Pink Triangle Day – February 14, 2023

UncategorizedBy Sonya Yalda February 14, 2023

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…

Clinical Nursing Instructors at Brock University form a union: CUPE

Health Care, SolidarityBy Alisha Sharma February 7, 2023

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…

Ontarians demand better support from a government that can afford it, says CUPE Ontario

GovernmentalBy Alisha Sharma February 7, 2023

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…

CUPE 2974 Windsor-Essex paramedics vote 100% in favour of strike action if County fails to address deterioration of service.

ParamedicsBy Alisha Sharma February 6, 2023

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…

Take the survey: Add your voice to help protect the Greenbelt and repeal Doug Ford’s Bill 23

MunicipalBy Alisha Sharma February 3, 2023

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…

“We’re ready to strike because we deserve better wages now”: Markham Public Library workers approach a February 10 strike date

SolidarityBy Alisha Sharma February 2, 2023

(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 Statement for Black History Month, February 2023

Racial Justice, SolidarityBy Sonya Yalda February 1, 2023

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…

Big gains for new CUPE crossing guards will mean a safer walk to school for Toronto students

SolidarityBy Alisha Sharma January 30, 2023

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…

CUPE Ontario Statement for the National Day of Remembrance of the Quebec City Mosque Attack and Action Against Islamophobia on January 29

SolidarityBy Sonya Yalda January 29, 2023

January 29 represents a tragic and shocking day in Canadian history. On this day in 2017, there was a senseless attack on Muslim men at prayer in the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City: a gunman, driven by the hate-filled messages of Islamophobia and white supremacy, killed six people and inflicted serious injury on many…

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