Transgender Day of Remembrance

Pink Triangle, Solidarity

On November 20, CUPE Ontario and the Pink Triangle Committee join many communities in marking Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) in recognition of Two-Spirit, trans and non-binary people who have been targeted and murdered simply for being who they are. This solemn day was first observed in 1999 in honour of Rita Hester, a Black…

Ontario’s school boards need funding and accountability, not random Conservative schemes: CUPE Ontario

School Boards, Solidarity

TORONTO—With Ontario’s Minister of Education doubling down on creating chaos across the province’s school boards – and undermining local democratic control in the process – CUPE Ontario is reminding the government that Ontarians blame Conservatives’ underfunding, not school board trustees, for cuts in schools and the continuing lack of services for students. Commenting on Minister…