Emancipation Day, observed on August 1, commemorates the day in 1834, when the Slavery Abolition Act,1833 came into effect. The law liberated enslaved people in the British colonies, including Canada. And yet it was only in 2021 that Canadian parliament designated August 1 National Emancipation Day. The abolition of enslavement did not end the struggle…
NEWMARKET, ON – On Wednesday July 31, York Region long-term care workers will continue with their weekly midday pickets to oppose a planned schedule change. The Region is introducing a new schedule this fall that includes rotating and 12-hour shifts. CUPE 905 represents over 550 LTC workers employed at Newmarket Health Centre and Maple Health…
Local president Tracy Fabbricino is thankful for community support. SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – CUPE 894 is pleased to announce that its members have ratified its tentative agreement with the Group Health Centre. 64% of members voted in favour of accepting the agreement. “While negotiating with this employer has been challenging, we are confident…
While the Ford government plans to double private delivery of MRIs and CT scans, OCHU/CUPE says underused hospital operating rooms should be better utilized PETERBOROUGH, ON – Hospital workers protested the Ford government’s rapid expansion of healthcare privatization outside Ontario PC MPP Dave Smith’s constituency office in Peterborough this morning. In June, the government…
While the Ford government plans to double private delivery of MRIs and CT scans, OCHU/CUPE says underused hospital operating rooms should be better utilized PICKERING, ON – Hospital workers protested the Ford government’s rapid expansion of healthcare privatization outside Ontario PC MPP Peter Bethlenfalvy’s constituency office in Pickering this morning. In June, the government…
TIMMINS, ON – Kunuwanimano Child & Family Services and CUPE 5304 are pleased to announce that a tentative agreement has been reached. Both parties will recommend ratification to their respective constituents. We acknowledge that during the negotiation, CUPE 5304 released a statement that caused offence to the communities we serve. For that, CUPE 5304 unequivocally…
HAMILTON, ON – Child protection workers have never faced a crisis like the one they are currently in, with workers crying in their cars, on stress leave, or terrified that a lack of resources will lead to a child’s death. This explains the current strike at the Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa – but it…
TORONTO – Over 140 Ontario organizations – including small and large child care programs from across Ontario, churches, francophone associations, labour unions, post-secondary and research institutions – have come together to send an Open Letter to Ontario Education Minister Todd Smith today in response to his recent letter to federal Minister Jenna Sudds asking her…
Sudbury heath care workers will gather petition signatures alongside Skoopie’s Ice Cream Truck! SUDBURY, ON – On Friday a delegation of health care workers will gather petition signatures as part of the CUPE Support Our Care days of action campaign alongside the Skoopie’s Ice Cream Truck outside of the CUPE office at 944 Barry Downe…
Local 894 to delay strike pending ratification on Monday SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – On Thursday CUPE Local 894 workers reached a tentative agreement with the Group Health Centre. “We are pleased that we have been able to reach an agreement that we can present to our members,” president of CUPE Local 894 Tracy…
