Ford Conservatives prefer to victimize the vulnerable and punish the poor rather than provide real solutions: CUPE Ontario

Solidarity

TORONTO – Instead of providing vulnerable people with housing, social supports, street outreach, and mental health services, an uncaring Premier Ford will hide behind a handful of Ontario mayors to violate individuals’ human and constitutional rights and disproportionately target already marginalized people, say leaders from the province’s largest union. “We’ve got Ford, a multimillionaire, and…

Underfunding, understaffing plague Trillium Lake District School Board: 88% of CUPE employees at TLDSB say staffing must increase to meet the needs of students, 78 percent say there is a violent incident at work at least once a month

Education, School Boards

LINDSAY, ON – Trillium Lakelands District School Board (TLDSB) recently announced an $8 million surplus for the 2023-2024 school year, reporting that it was in a “good position to make positive impacts on student achievement and well-being,” yet workers say extreme underfunding and understaffing has created an unsafe learning environment plagued with violence for students…