TORONTO – It’s not often easy to put a dollar amount on the government’s failure to care for Ontarians, but the roughly one million people in this province who rely on social assistance know the exact figure they need. Individuals supported by Ontario Works (OW) are shy of the poverty line by $1,569 every month;…
TORONTO – Today community health care workers at the South Riverdale Community Health Centre (SRCHC) will rally to demand that their employer address the severe underfunding and understaffing crisis at the centre. After more than eight months at the bargaining table, SRCHC management still refuses to offer members of CUPE Local 5399 a real wage…
HALIFAX, NS – When Canadians are injured on the job, they rely on the expertise of workers from the Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB). If those workers are too overburdened, the care injured Canadians depend on is delayed. That was the topic of the recent WCB employee conference attended by members of the Canadian Union of…
OTTAWA – For 19 years, the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity (CCGSD) helped queer and trans youth find themselves, a sense of community, and safety. With the organization’s sudden bankruptcy announcement, that support is gone, passionate workers have been laid off, and queer and trans youth are left with one less advocate and…
Toronto, ON – Health-care workers at SickKids Hospital in Toronto are outraged by their employer’s recent announcement that it will continue its “pension holiday” rather than improve retirement benefits for its staff. Last week, SickKids announced that it will not be paying into the staff pension plan for yet another year – it has only…
CUPE Ontario is proud to mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on October 17 by affirming our commitment to the fight against poverty in all its forms. We recognize the strength and resilience of those who live in poverty and we celebrate all workers who are organizing in their workplaces as part…
Another audit, investigation, or review is not what families in Ontario need. We have a list of 396 recommendations for sweeping reform. Those recommendations came out of coroner’s inquests into four tragic deaths of children and youth in care in this province since 2010 and they are a blueprint for how our system can better…
LONDON, ON – Western University and caretaking, landscape service and trades workers represented by CUPE 2361 have reached a tentative agreement that will end the six-week strike on campus. “We were able to reach an agreement that makes progress on key priorities, and we’re happy to be getting back to work,” said Steve Pepper, an…
BRAMPTON – Last year, Doug Ford bowed to pressure from residents, unions and community groups in Brampton, Mississauga and Caledon, who collectively forced him to backtrack on his decision to dissolve the Region of Peel. But he left his appointed transition board in place, who are working in secret to change the way that public…
The Ford government’s plan to permanently employ lower-trained workers to replace PSWs caring for increasingly vulnerable long-term care residents is fraught with risk, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees. The union is instead calling for a robust health care human resources strategy to recruit the tens of thousands of personal support workers required in…
