As trade unionists, we celebrate Labour Day as a declaration of workers’ collective power, as well as a reminder of the struggles and sacrifices of workers who came before us. Although most of the world marks International Workers’ Day on May 1, our September celebration has roots in our own province. During the 1872 printers’…
NORTH BAY, ON – As the Children’s Aid Society of Nipissing projects a $5-million deficit, the union representing its workers is calling on the agency to take a hard look at where its resources are going instead of continuing to demand that frontline workers do more with less. CUPE Local 2049 represents workers who provide…
Markham, ON – For months, 8 CUPE locals representing over 1100 Long-Term Care workers across Ontario have been kept waiting for a fair contract. Where other workers would have been able to go on strike to force the employer back to the table, these workers are denied that right under the Hospital Labour Disputes Arbitration…
Waterloo, ON – Waterloo Regional Councillors are making a familiar mistake: undermining vital public services by allowing frontline staffing levels to decline. In response, public health workers, library and museum workers, Ontario Works case managers and many other Region of Waterloo workers represented by CUPE 1883 voted overwhelmingly to authorize job action. Of the 761…
Stittsville, ON – Today, workers at Granite Ridge Care Community are holding a rally to call out ongoing staff shortages at the facility. The 300 workers, represented by CUPE Local 4540 provide care for residents of the facility. Granite Ridge is operated by Sienna Senior Living and is a for-profit home that has routinely underpaid…
CUPE Ontario wrote the following letter to the president and CEO of the Workplace Safety Insurance Board (WSIB) with regard to the closure of WSIB offices in Ontario: Dear Jeff Lang: I am writing on behalf of more than 300,000 CUPE members who call Ontario home. We stand in full solidarity with the 466 WSIB…
TORONTO—A new poll puts the Ontario NDP’s Monique Taylor in the lead among candidates in the Hamilton East—Stoney Creek byelection – a clear sign that support for Doug Ford and his Conservatives is crumbling in the face of Conservatives’ scandals, plans for AI data centres, and failures on health care.The poll was commissioned by CUPE…
St. Catharines, ON – Niagara paramedics say they have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from residents across the region after launching a video series that gave the public an intimate look at the emotional toll of working on the front lines of emergency care. The videos, a part of a larger public campaign…
Ottawa – The residents of Villa Marconi are running out of clean laundry, and it is due to negligent policy making by management. In June, members of CUPE 4793 held an information picket outside the long-term care facility on Baseline Road to call out the callous layoffs in the laundry and environmental services department. Since then, management…
Essex, ON – Members of CUPE 2974.1 who work for the County of Essex have voted in favour of strike action after months of bargaining marked by demands for concessions and delay tactics from management. The bargaining unit includes workers at the Essex County Civic Centre, the regional landfill, the Kingsville transfer station, and the…
