The president of Ontario’s largest public sector union blasted the Ford Conservatives’ cuts – and their outright lies about of the cuts – contained in the 2026-27 budget released by the Minister of Finance yesterday. “The Conservatives’ budget has extra funding for police in schools – but it cuts per-student funding for schools. The budget…
TORONTO – The real dollar hospital funding cut announced in the 2026 provincial budget will intensify the crisis in Ontario’s hospitals, which are already funded at the lowest rate in the country, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees. “The government increased hospital funding by four per cent – a real cut of two per…
WINDSOR/BRANT, ON – Workers at Community Living agencies in Windsor and Brant have overwhelmingly rejected employer-imposed “final offer” votes, sending a clear message to employers across Ontario’s social services sector that low-wage proposals will not be accepted. Members of CUPE Local 2345 at Windsor Community Living and CUPE Local 181 at Community Living Brant both…
As we mark World Water Day (March 22) this year, we find ourselves in the early days of a fight to protect the safety and security of Ontario’s public water. In our province, we enjoy some of safest drinking water in the world, because our systems are publicly owned, publicly operated, and publicly accountable. Water…
On March 21, we stand in solidarity with all those marking the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The day commemorates the events in Sharpeville, South Africa in 1960, when 69 people were killed by police during a peaceful protest against the pass laws of the apartheid state. We carry that memory with…
On March 21, we stand in solidarity with all those marking the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The day commemorates the events in Sharpeville, South Africa in 1960, when 69 people were killed by police during a peaceful protest against the pass laws of the apartheid state. We carry that memory with…
On March 20, CUPE Ontario marks International Day of la Francophonie, celebrated as part of Month of la Francophonie. These occasions give us the opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to the French language, Franco-Ontarian cultural diversity, and the role we play, as union members, in promoting the rights of Francophone members. French is the language…
The Ford Conservatives’ plan to privatize Ontario’s water was conclusively exposed today as leaders from CUPE Ontario and the Ontario NDP were joined by a lawyer from Goldblatt Partners LLP to release a legal opinion that reveals the true intent of Bill 60, the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025. CUPE Ontario commissioned a legal…
Toronto – The proposed amalgamation of Niagara municipalities is the latest example of Premier Doug Ford’s attempt to override local democracy in pursuit of his agenda, says CUPE Ontario. Ford has built his political brand on speeding up development, yet he has accomplished little actual building as progress has consistently stalled around the same issues:…
OTTAWA – In his 30-year career as a nurse at Bruyere Health, Douglas Currier has never seen staff so thoroughly demoralized. Chronic understaffing and perpetual overwork have left workers burnt out. But instead of getting a reprieve in the form of additional staffing, provincial funding cuts have prompted the hospital to announce 55 layoffs: 46…
