CUPE Ontario is proud to respond to the call for our union’s support for the Awami Action Committee of the semi-autonomous region of Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan. The persecution of the Awami Action Committee Gilgit-Baltistan (ACC-GB) and its leaders is a human rights crisis that has not received widespread, if any, coverage in the West. But…
TORONTO – As the Ford and Carney governments continue to negotiate a new child care agreement, a new report released today reveals that the expansion of affordable child care services in Ontario has delivered a substantial economic boost to the province, even as the provincial government lags behind national progress in implementing the new national…
Windsor, ON – Windsor-Essex public health workers have voted unanimously in favour of strike action after years of falling wages, growing workloads and worsening staff shortages. The strike vote comes as the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU) moves ahead with a $1.1 million provincially funded office renovation while telling workers there is no money for…
Scarborough Health Network workers held a rally on July 27th amidst staffing shortages and growing violence in the workplace TORONTO – 2,500 frontline workers at the Scarborough Health Network (SHN), represented by CUPE, are facing heightened staffing issues while hospitals across the province cut jobs to account for growing deficits. The SHN is currently battling…
Windsor, ON – After 6 months of negotiations failed to resolve chronic staffing challenges at Essex-Windsor EMS, last week CUPE 2974 requested a No Board report from the Ontario Ministry of Labour, bringing the possibility of legal strike action closer. “We’ve been at the table for months, worked through a conciliator, and repeatedly sought opportunities…
Cuts of nurses, personal care aides, and housekeepers as unions announce rally to demand adequate funding OTTAWA – The union representing nearly 1,000 workers at Queensway Carleton is slamming the provincial government for the elimination of 101 jobs at the hospital. The hospital has notified CUPE 2875 about the layoffs, citing insufficient funding amidst rising…
As wildfires burn across the province, CUPE Ontario extends sympathy and solidarity to the many who are affected by these catastrophic events. In our support we include all those who have lost their homes and livelihoods, the First Nations communities under evacuation orders, and of course CUPE members whose jobs expose them to the dangers…
FORT FRANCES, ON – CUPE 65.09 and the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) strongly condemn the Rainy River District School Board’s decision to move ahead with staffing cuts, warning that the reductions will remove critical supports from kindergarten classrooms and place additional pressure on RRDSB education workers. The Board recently notified the Local…
SUDBURY, ON – CUPE 5569 and the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) strongly condemn the Sudbury Catholic District School Board’s decision to move ahead with staffing reductions despite projected increases in enrolment and provincial funding for the 2026–27 school year. The Board recently notified CUPE 5569 that two speech pathologists and two library technician positions…
Insufficient government funding is forcing hospitals to reduce frontline staff Hamilton, ON – A new wave of staffing cuts by St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton will hurt care delivery by increasing nurse-to-patient ratios, depriving patients of timely, quality care, increasing wait times and worsening the crisis in accessing hospital care, says the Canadian Union of Public…
