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…
Sudbury, ON – CUPE  1182, one of 8 CUPE locals participating in the Extendicare Central Table bargaining held a rally in Sudbury today. The union representing workers at Extendicare York in Sudbury is calling attention to the ongoing delays at the bargain table. This coordinated bargaining has set the pattern for long-term care wages and benefits in Ontario. Since the COVID-19 Pandemic, helping to…
Stittsville, ON – The union representing workers at Extendicare Crossing Bridge in Ottawa is calling attention to the continued delays at the bargain table. CUPE 1307 is one of eight CUPE locals participating in the Extendicare Central Table bargaining. This coordinated bargaining has set the pattern for long-term care wages and benefits in Ontario. Since the COVID-19 Pandemic, helping to improve the conditions for workers in long-term care and…
SAULT STE. MARIE, ON– CUPE 4148 and the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) strongly condemn the Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board’s decision to move ahead with another round of staffing cuts, warning the reductions will further strain already understaffed schools and reduce support for students with increasingly complex needs. The Board recently notified…
OTTAWA – The union representing staff at Ottawa’s Villa Marconi are calling out their employer’s union busting tactics after discovering agency staff filling in for laid off union members. Members in the laundry department were unceremoniously laid off by management in June, leaving the department short-staffed and under resourced. “We are seeing the same mistakes…
