TORONTO – The union representing striking workers at the Villa Charities owned Villa Colombo Homes for the Aged in Toronto are hopeful that their strike, now in it’s second month, might soon come to an end. The 25 personal care workers of CUPE Local 5525 have been on strike since May 28th, after talks broke…
Toronto – Over one hundred CUPE members from around the GTA gathered outside the Villa Charities owned property at the corner of Dufferin and Lawrence Avenue West to bolster the picket line of CUPE 5525. The 25 members of CUPE 5525 have been on strike since the 28th of March after negotiations to secure…
Toronto – Today is the eighth week of picketing for CUPE local 5525. To mark the occasion, the 24 racialized Personal Care Workers of CUPE 5525, welcomed NDP Shadow Minister for Labour, Jamie West and Michelle Campbell, President of CUPE 1734, to their picket line. The workers have been on the picket lines since May…
TORONTO—CUPE Ontario is calling on the Ford Conservatives to rescind a letter co-signed by Ontario Environment Minister Todd McCarthy, who asked his federal counterpart to prioritize development and competitiveness over clean, safe drinking water for Indigenous communities. After the federal Liberals signalled plans to re-introduce Bill C-61 – legislation meant to guarantee First Nations communities’…
TORONTO, ON – The Ontario Compensation Employees Union (OCU/CUPE 1750) is calling out the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) and the Ford government after confirmation that 26 document management jobs will be eliminated and handed to Iron Mountain, a private company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The workers provide essential support to Ontario’s workplace safety…
TORONTO – The members of CUPE Local 5525 have been on strike since May 28th, after rejecting an offer riddled with concessions that attack their benefits, and this strike denies the workers the tools they need to provide safe and respectful care to their clients. The employer, Villa Colombo Homes for the Aged, hired replacement (scab)…
TORONTO – In the days after CUPE filed an application for certification to unionize child care workers at John Ross Robertson Child Centre (JRRCC) in Toronto’s Avenue Road and Lawrence neighbourhood, the employer circulated an anti-union memo to all workers discouraging them from voting Yes for a union. The memo was full of half-truths and…
Toronto – Striking workers from the Villa Colombo Supportive Housing Unit are thankful that their struggle isn’t going unnoticed by the wider labour movement. These personal care workers are members of CUPE 5525 and have been on the picket line since May 28th outside the care residences, operated by Villa Colombo Home for the Aged…
TORONTO – After more than three months of bargaining, members of the Toronto Civic Employees’ Union, CUPE 416, who work at Toronto Seniors Housing Corporation (TSHC), have ratified a new collective agreement. TCEU 416 represents approximately 200 workers at TSHC who provide pest control, superintendent services, senior superintendent services, maintenance, cleaning and building maintenance coordination…
TORONTO – Concluding an 11-week strike, members of CUPE 2073 voted this week to ratify a new collective agreement with Canadian Hearing Services (CHS). Workers were buoyed by support from leading Deaf organizations and individuals throughout the strike. A testament to the strength of the local, 97 per cent of members cast ballots with 172…
