“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 Kingston and Belleville area schools

School Boards, Uncategorized

KINGSTON, 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…

WSIB ad campaign reveals their betrayal of Ontario workers according to CUPE members who support injured workers

Injured Worker Collective Bargaining Work and WSIB

TORONTO- A new ad campaign blanketing Ontario airwaves proves how far WSIB has drifted from their mandate, say CUPE members working at the organization. Founded over 100 years ago to provide the best possible support to injured Ontario workers, the ads champion WSIB’s $2 billion rebate to businesses. While all Ontarians face the prospect of…

Province, agency failing children as Windsor CAS lays off 10% of frontline workers and closes Essex-County service location

Child Care, Solidarity

WINDSOR, ON – On March 19, the Windsor-Essex Children’s Aid Society laid off 26 workers – about 10 percent of their non-management staff, putting the safety of children at risk, say CUPE members working at the agency. The CAS also targeted their Leamington Office for closure at the end of this month – an additional…