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Hospital workers and community allies protest PSW cuts at Guelph General Hospital, call on Ford government to address funding shortfall
Guelph, ON – The decision to lay off 39 personal support workers at Guelph General Hospital is a grave mistake that will badly hurt workplace morale and harm the quality of patient care, said CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE). Guelph General staff and community allies held a rally on Monday morning in response…
Tories must ban staffing agencies, not simply legislate data collection of administrative and billing information
Union wants comprehensive staffing plan premised on fair compensation, good working conditions and a long-term recruitment strategy Toronto – The Canadian Union of Public Employees is urging the provincial government to ban the use of agency staff in Ontario’s healthcare system. This call follows the introduction of new legislation by the Ford government which the…
City of Richmond Hill managers see big raises while workers forced to strike for fair wages
Richmond Hill, ON – While CUPE 905 members at the City of Richmond Hill are on strike for fair wages that keep up with the cost of living, data shows that managers at the city have received double-digit raises over the past three years- some as high as 36% and 48%. According to salary data…
SATURDAY: Striking Local 905 Richmond Hill Workers to Rally Outside Glass Tiger Concert
Richmond Hill, ON – 200 striking City of Richmond Hill municipal workers represented by CUPE 905 are set to rally outside the Glass Tiger concert this Saturday, November 30, at the Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts. The union says that Glass Tiger is crossing picket lines by proceeding with their Saturday show. “It’s…
$2 billion in WSIB rebates: a gift to employers, an insult to workers
Last week the Ford government announced it was handing $2 billion in surplus WSIB funds as special rebates to employers – a hugely generous gift to them and another insult to injured workers. Even in the midst of an affordability crisis, the Ford Conservatives didn’t spare a thought for the injured workers who are struggling…
Hospital workers protest staff cuts and patient harm caused by Ford government’s underfunding
Burlington, ON – CUPE health care workers at Joseph Brant Hospital held a demonstration today protesting job cuts that pose serious risks to patient care and expose the government’s policy of underfunding hospitals. The hospital is eliminating 10 frontline positions: seven housekeepers, an operating room assistant, and an occupational therapist- all vital to patient care.…
City of Richmond Hill Using Replacement Workers During Strike
Richmond Hill, ON – The City of Richmond Hill is using replacement workers to do work normally performed by 200 striking employees after they walked off the job on November 22, over wage increases. The CUPE 905 bargaining unit includes workers who maintain parks, arenas, community centres, roads and sidewalks, ensure clean drinking water and…
CUPE child care workers join parents in demanding strengthened and expanded public child care in ten days of action for $10-a-Day
TORONTO – As hundreds of parents in 14 for-profit child care centres are reeling from the news that their fees will go up by 150 per cent in January, CUPE members, child care workers, and families came together to mark the start of ten days of action in support of $10-a-day child care. Child care…
Ontario families form Parents for Child Care; call for expanding and strengthening the $10aDay child care plan
TORONTO – Ontario families with young children are launching a new group today, Parents for Child Care, to add the important voices of families to child care policy debates. Parents for Child Care brings together Ontario families who support the $10aDay child care plan and want to see it strengthened and expanded. “Parents across the…
