CUPE Ontario welcomed yesterday’s decision that ruled the murders of the Afzaal family members to be an act of terrorism. Five members of the family were targeted and four were killed in a brutal act of hate carried out on June 6, 2021, in London, Ontario. The decision sends the unmistakable message that white supremacy,…
TORONTO – CUPE Ontario is demanding that the Ford Conservatives start the spring legislative session by repealing Bill 124 and ensuring their March provincial budget contains funding for a remedy to restore millions of dollars in wages lost by public sector workers when Bill 124 was in effect. The union is also echoing the call…
84 per cent of CUPE 870 workers say they are not staffed well enough to provide good quality care OTTAWA – Health care workers represented by CUPE 870 rallied outside the Perley and Rideau Veteran’s Health Centre today, demanding their employer improve compensation and working conditions to enable better care for residents. The union represents…
Black River-Matheson, ON – Following last week’s trespassing notice against striking Black River-Matheson municipal workers, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is challenging the effort to criminalize workers, according to the union. “These courageous CUPE Local 1490 members are engaged in a legal strike and they’re making a legitimate call for better wages for…
PEMBROKE, ON – Morale is plummeting, and workers are being chased from Community Living Upper Ottawa Valley (CLUOV) – but for six hours on Tuesday afternoon, frontline developmental service workers paraded through an office in high spirits. With 68 workers casting ballots, 97 per cent voted in favour of a strike if nothing changes at…
Doug Ford’s Conservative government must ban scabs if there’s any sincerity to his claims of supporting workers BLACK RIVER-MATHESON, ON –(COMMUNITYWIRE)– Two equipment operators were hit by two different scabs driving a pickup truck through picket lines on Wednesday. These are the second and third incidents of a motor vehicle being weaponized to attack Black River-Matheson’s…
TORONTO – Saying that the University of Toronto is failing to provide a living wage, contract educators, contract instructors, teaching assistants, and post-doctoral researchers have voted 94.4 percent in favour of a strike if their employer does not take action to address the rising cost of living. “We do the vast majority of teaching at…
CUPE Ontario is proud to mark Pink Triangle Day in recognition of the diversity, strength and resilience of 2SLGBTQI+ people, families, and communities in our province. We also join 2SLGBTQI+ communities and allies around the world in honoring the meaning behind the pink triangle. It was originally intended as a badge of dishonour, but solidarity…
Black River-Matheson, ON – Dozens of municipal workers from Toronto, members of CUPE Local 416, and striking members of CUPE Local 1490, were headed to a Black River-Matheson council meeting when they heard the news that it was cancelled, said Local 1490. “The Township is trying to force a new wage grid that slashes wages…
TORONTO – Michael Hurley, president of CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE); Sharleen Stewart, president of SEIU Healthcare; and Kelly-Anne Orr, assistant to the national officers of Unifor released the following joint statement today in response to the Ontario Court of Appeal ruling on Bill 124: “We are pleased to see the Ontario Court…
