PEMBROKE, ON – Morale is plummeting, and workers are being chased from Community Living Upper Ottawa Valley (CLUOV) – but for six hours on Tuesday afternoon, frontline developmental service workers paraded through an office in high spirits. With 68 workers casting ballots, 97 per cent voted in favour of a strike if nothing changes at…
Doug Ford’s Conservative government must ban scabs if there’s any sincerity to his claims of supporting workers BLACK RIVER-MATHESON, ON –(COMMUNITYWIRE)– Two equipment operators were hit by two different scabs driving a pickup truck through picket lines on Wednesday. These are the second and third incidents of a motor vehicle being weaponized to attack Black River-Matheson’s…
TORONTO – Saying that the University of Toronto is failing to provide a living wage, contract educators, contract instructors, teaching assistants, and post-doctoral researchers have voted 94.4 percent in favour of a strike if their employer does not take action to address the rising cost of living. “We do the vast majority of teaching at…
CUPE Ontario is proud to mark Pink Triangle Day in recognition of the diversity, strength and resilience of 2SLGBTQI+ people, families, and communities in our province. We also join 2SLGBTQI+ communities and allies around the world in honoring the meaning behind the pink triangle. It was originally intended as a badge of dishonour, but solidarity…
Black River-Matheson, ON – Dozens of municipal workers from Toronto, members of CUPE Local 416, and striking members of CUPE Local 1490, were headed to a Black River-Matheson council meeting when they heard the news that it was cancelled, said Local 1490. “The Township is trying to force a new wage grid that slashes wages…
TORONTO – Michael Hurley, president of CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE); Sharleen Stewart, president of SEIU Healthcare; and Kelly-Anne Orr, assistant to the national officers of Unifor released the following joint statement today in response to the Ontario Court of Appeal ruling on Bill 124: “We are pleased to see the Ontario Court…
TORONTO – CUPE Ontario welcomed the news today that Ontario’s Court of Appeal has denied the Ford government’s appeal of the earlier decision to strike down Bill 124, the wage restraint legislation that was ruled unconstitutional in 2022 by Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice. The union also called on the Conservatives to repair the damage…
TORONTO – In a vote yesterday, electrical workers at the Toronto Transit Commission delivered an unequivocal message when they voted 99.3 percent in favour of strike action if the employer does not return to the bargaining table with a reasonable proposal. “We love working at the TTC. We’re huge supporters of public transit. But at…
TORONTO – Today, two locals of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), representing about 8,000 academic and support workers at the University of Toronto filed with the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB), setting the scene for a possible strike later this month. “U of T workers face serious struggles, whether working in a classroom,…
BRADFORD-WEST GWILLIMBURY, ON – An arbitrator’s decision provides significant raises to some workers at the Bradford-West Gwillimbury Public Library (BWGPL), but leaves many issues unresolved, says local 905 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), which represents the library workers. “We appreciate that the arbitration board has recognized the substantial wage gaps that have…
