Facing a strike deadline, Region of Waterloo breaks commitments made to CUPE 1656 members during negotiations

Solidarity

WATERLOO, ON – Facing a strike deadline of March 3, The Region of Waterloo is backtracking on its proposals made during negotiations to CUPE 1656 members who work for the region, offering wage increases significantly lower than ones they had originally already proposed. “We went into negotiations with the Region last week, hoping we would…

CUPE education workers call on the Ford government to immediately increase school board funding: Survey of 12,000 CUPE education workers finds extreme underfunding and understaffing has caused widespread violence, burnout and lack of services in Peterborough-area schools

School Boards

PETERBOROUGH, ON – At a press conference this morning CUPE locals representing more than 3200 education workers in the Peterborough area called on the Ford government to immediately increase funding for school boards and remedy the crisis in understaffing, sky rocketing violence, and lack of student supports. A recent survey of Ontario education workers, including…