After two months of collective bargaining, the City of Toronto and the Toronto Civic Employees Union (TCEU) Local 416 – CUPE have reached a tentative four-year agreement. This milestone represents a true partnership as both sides came to the bargaining table and achieved an agreement, two weeks before the current collective agreement is set to…
TORONTO – Child care workers and early childhood educators (ECEs) at the Learning Enrichment Foundation (LEF) have voted over 90 per cent in favour of joining the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). In a sector plagued by financial uncertainty and a long-running workforce crisis, the unionization of 314 ECEs and early childhood assistants at…
KINGSTON, ON – Members of three union locals representing more than 1000 workers at Queen’s University delivered overwhelming majorities in strike votes held this week. “Queen’s has been neglecting its workforce, its students and its facilities,” said Steve Senechal, a millwright and president of CUPE Local 229. “On campus, many workers don’t earn a living…
