TORONTO – Ontario families with young children are launching a new group today, Parents for Child Care, to add the important voices of families to child care policy debates. Parents for Child Care brings together Ontario families who support the $10aDay child care plan and want to see it strengthened and expanded. “Parents across the…
On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, CUPE Ontario and the Pink Triangle Committee stand in solidarity with the trans community, as we honour the memory of those we have lost to violence against people who are trans and gender diverse. We also recognize those leaders in the labour movement, and in CUPE especially, who are…
TORONTO – Last week members of CUPE 5399, which represents over 120 health care workers at the South Riverdale Community Health Centre (SRCHC) in Toronto’s east end, were able to reach a deal after months of negotiations. CUPE 5399 was scheduled to hit the picket line early November if a deal had not been reached.…
We, the undersigned labour unions, representing hundreds of thousands of workers across Ontario, call on Premier Ford and Minister Jones to immediately reverse their deadly decision to force the closure of 10 supervised consumption services (SCS). We call on the Ontario government to support and fund evidence-based health care services that save lives, amidst a…
BRAMPTON, ON – CUPE Local 831 and the City of Brampton have reached an agreement to end a nearly week-long strike that saw 1,200 workers on picket lines across the city. “From the beginning, we have said that this strike was about fairness for our members and reaching a deal that is comparable to what…
BRAMPTON, ON – 1,200 CUPE members at the City of Brampton are on strike today following lengthy negotiations that failed to reach a fair deal for workers, leaving the services that residents depend on facing disruptions and closures until an agreement with the employer can be reached. “This strike is a last resort for our…
TORONTO – Months after the Ford government’s abysmal and fractured restructuring of Ontario Health (OH), a group of unionized women health care workers are in the unfair position of having to fight for the same wages as their non-union coworkers doing the same jobs. CUPE 5516 is comprised of 45 health care workers spread out…
CUPE Ontario and the Indigenous Council wish to express their sorrow at the death of Indigenous leader Murray Sinclair and extend condolences to his family and friends. He was a distinguished lawyer, judge and human rights advocate, as well as the leader we needed when he took the role of chair of the Truth and…
Significant wage disparities with other hospitals is contributing to staffing shortages, according to CUPE 5492 TORONTO – Clerical staff at Mount Sinai held a rally on Tuesday morning, demanding a fair contract from their employer to address poor working conditions and their impact on patient care. Fadumo Mohamed, president of CUPE 5492, and medical secretary,…
Smiths Falls, ON – On Wednesday morning, a 15-foot wooden Trojan Horse will visit Smiths Falls Community Hospital, symbolizing the “duplicity of the Ontario PCs hospital services’ privatization plan.” As part of their province-wide Trojan Horse tour, CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE) and the Ontario Health Coalition are calling for an end to…
