OSHAWA, ON – CUPE 6364 workers at Lakeridge Health rallied in Oshawa today, protesting “cuts and chaos” in response to provincial underfunding of hospitals. According to the union, hospital management has been eliminating full-time housekeeping and clerical positions, and overloading other workers with additional responsibilities. “This is shameful behavior by hospital management, to cut staff…
OTTAWA – When Francophone women in the Ottawa area are looking for safety from domestic violence, there’s only one shelter for them: Maison d’amitié. Those doors may soon be closed to women in need as management chose International Women’s Day to request a “no board” report and set the clock ticking towards a lock-out in…
BRANTFORD, ON – When two agencies amalgamated to form Child and Family Services of Grand Erie (CFSGE), it was sold with the promise that it would improve support for families. Two years later, that lie has been revealed as the agency announced layoffs and gapped positions that they have no plans to fill. All told,…
WATERLOO, ON – To understand why over 9,000 children languish on wait lists for child care in the Region of Waterloo (ROW), Noelle Fletcher says you have to go back to 2020 when the Regional Council made the decision to close five regionally operated child care centers. “The council had tried to close the same…
Black River-Matheson, ON – The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) has filed for a judicial review to the Superior Court of Justice of the Township of Black River-Matheson over the municipality’s heavy-handed escalation in its treatment of striking municipal workers, said the union. “CUPE Local 1490 is engaged in a legal strike and they’re…
CUPE Ontario is pleased to mark International Women’s Day (IWD) 2024 on March 8 and honour the achievements, experience, and activism of the women in our union. This year’s theme, “No one is free until we are all free,” is an echo of the words of Black American civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer, and…
Belleville, ON – With a state of emergency declared in Belleville due to the opioid crisis, the city’s paramedics are sounding the alarm and calling for much more to be done. “We’re seeing an incredible explosion in calls to respond to overdoses and we’re doing our best, but this isn’t sustainable,” said Rob Cunningham, President…
OTTAWA – After 18 months without a contract, academic workers at the University of Ottawa have voted 91 percent in favour of strike action if the employer does not bring forward a proposal that addresses the affordability crisis, job security and quality education. “As workers and as students, we are deeply concerned about how unaffordable…
TORONTO – A new research report shows that the Ford government’s policies have led to real dollar wage cuts for the predominantly female workforce in the broader public sector, negatively impacting Ontario’s gender pay gap. The report, Women’s Wages and the attack on broader public sector workers, released today by CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital…
TORONTO – A tentative agreement was reached between the University of Toronto and workers represented by CUPE Locals 3902 and 3261 in the early hours of Monday morning. The agreement follows a marathon session of negotiations over the weekend. It is the outcome of historic coordination among campus unions, and ongoing organizing by teaching assistants,…
