Tensions rise as CUPE 1559 and Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit enter Ministry of Labour conciliation

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“The Ford Government is playing politics with residents’ lives,” warns union. Brockville, ON—CUPE 1559, representing public health workers at Leeds, Grenville, and Lanark District Health Unit (LGLDHU), return to the bargaining table this week with the assistance of a Ministry of Labour Conciliation Officer. Workers have been without a contract since April of this year.…

With encampments growing and social services stretched, Northumberland County workers unanimously vote to authorize strike

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COBOURG, ON – As poverty deepens and more people in Northumberland County need support to navigate the cost-of-living crisis, community social services are more in demand than ever. Now those same workers who help the most vulnerable are facing a crisis of their own as management has trampled on their work-life balance and imposed wages…