TORONTO – In the Conservative playbook, when outright attacks on public services don’t work, you switch to veiled threats backed up by the consultant class. That playbook is being deployed again in the Ministry of Education’s recent calls for value-for-money audits of municipally run child care centres. According to child care advocates, experts, and workers,…
Peel Region, ON – Instead of continuing to take steps to protect jobs and services in the Peel Region, which began when workers successfully prevented its dissolution in December, there are concerns about a rumored plan, says CUPE Local 966. “We consistently raised our concerns that we might lose our jobs if Peel was dissolved;…
TORONTO – Annual funding for Ontario’s hospitals must increase by at least eight per cent in this year’s budget to address the staffing and capacity crisis linked to ER closures, overcrowded hospitals, and delayed surgeries and diagnostic procedures, says CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE). “Ontario’s hospital staff and patients can’t cope with another…
Black River-Matheson, ON – Full of mistruths and unnecessary insults, the statement issued today by the Mayor of Black River-Matheson reeks of desperation and does little more than prove that striking workers are in the right, says CUPE Local 1490. “We’re out on the picket line to call attention to our legitimate demands and calling…
CUPE Ontario recognizes and honours March 21 as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (IDERD). The day was proclaimed by the United Nations to commemorate the Sharpeville massacre in South Africa where, in 1960, police opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful anti-apartheid demonstration. The theme this year is “A…
Black River-Matheson, ON – After the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) filed for a judicial review to the Superior Court of Justice of the Township of Black River-Matheson, the Township’s attempt at framing striking workers as intimidating is an intentional attempt to distract and misinform, says CUPE Local 1490. “I can’t tell you how…
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…
