TORONTO – Ontarians desperate for relief from the cost-of-living crisis and eager for more investment in their public services have been let down again by the Conservatives’ budget, which was delivered this afternoon. “This budget sets up ordinary Ontarians for more years of misery,” said Fred Hahn, president of CUPE Ontario, the union that 290,000…
TORONTO – In the Conservative playbook, when outright attacks on public services don’t work, you switch to veiled threats backed up by the consultant class. That playbook is being deployed again in the Ministry of Education’s recent calls for value-for-money audits of municipally run child care centres. According to child care advocates, experts, and workers,…
Peel Region, ON – Instead of continuing to take steps to protect jobs and services in the Peel Region, which began when workers successfully prevented its dissolution in December, there are concerns about a rumored plan, says CUPE Local 966. “We consistently raised our concerns that we might lose our jobs if Peel was dissolved;…
