WSIB workers vote 96% to strike

TORONTO – After months at the bargaining table, the WSIB files a surprise No-Board on April 29th. This puts the employer in the position to terminate the collective agreement for members of OCEU/CUPE 1750 as early as May 16th if a deal cannot be reached. In response, the union held a strike vote on May…

In tribute to NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh

Following the resignation of Jagmeet Singh as leader of the federal New Democratic Pary, CUPE Ontario pays tribute to his leadership and accomplishments over the past eight years and expresses gratitude for the grace, strength and example he always showed as the first racialized leader of a major party in Canada. Jagmeet is a familiar…

First Responders Day

May 1 is First Responders Day, a day of recognition and gratitude for the skilled and selfless people who help save lives when emergencies strike. It is the honour of CUPE Ontario and the CUPE Ambulance Committee of Ontario (CACO) to pay tribute to CUPE paramedics and dispatchers and all frontline first responders, who are…

International Workers’ Day

A happy May Day to CUPE Ontario members and to all workers marking International Workers’ Day. CUPE Ontario celebrates this day in solidarity with workers around the world. It is an opportunity to feel the power of our shared history of struggle, resilience and victories and to re-commit ourselves to the continuing fight for justice…

National Day of Mourning

On this National Day of Mourning, we remember all workers who lost their lives on the job, who were injured or who were made ill by workplace hazards. We honour these fellow workers, not only through our remembrance but also with our commitment to the fight for workplaces that are safe and healthy. No one…

Julia Dumanian once again raising alarms among workers as she forgoes bargaining and threatens a lockout at Canadian Hearing Services

TORONTO – For any other employer, it would have been an unprecedented move: on the first day of conciliation, on the first day of bargaining, before any negotiations had even been taken place, they called for a No Board. But this is typical behaviour from Julia Dumanian and Canadian Hearing Services (CHS). “Since taking over…

Ford Conservatives expansion of “strong mayor powers” further undermines local democracy and worker rights

TORONTO, ON – The announcement by Doug Ford’s Conservatives of the expansion of “strong mayor powers” to an additional 169 municipalities is further undermining the fundamentals of democracy in our communities and enables personal political agendas to “trump” democratic process. “This expansion is disguised as a way to speed up housing and infrastructure projects, but make…

“Ontario’s school boards are in severe crisis”: Survey of 12,000 CUPE education workers finds extreme underfunding and understaffing has caused widespread violence, burnout and lack of supports for students in Niagara area schools

NIAGARA, ON – A recent survey of Ontario education workers including Educational Assistants, Early Childhood Educators, Child and Youth workers, custodians, maintenance and trades workers, and school secretaries represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) shows that a severe crisis in underfunding has led…