Previous Campaigns

On July 20th, 2010 Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan called unions and employers to a closed door “consultation” session to announce the government’s intention to launch a series of “consultations” aimed at implementing its “zero-zero” two year public sector wage freeze. more

Save the Special Diet Program and Raise Rates

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario today reiterated it’s position that it is unconscionable for the Ontario government to cut the special diet allowance, and called on Premier McGuinty to do the right thing and to immediately restore the full allowance provided to some of the province’s poorest and most vulnerable residents. more

G8/G20 Protest

The Group of 8 world Leaders and the Group of 20 Leaders are meeting in Ontario from June 25-27, 2010. And we need to get organized to send a message that privatization, trade liberalization and this economic system of greed is not working more

Ontario’s home care system, already damaged by the McGuinty government’s continuation of Mike Harris’ contracting out policy, may be only weeks away from further harm if the province lifts its ban on competitive bidding when service contracts expire March 31. more 

This February and March, paramedics from across the province are being asked to attend special member meetings to learn about, and lobby for, the right to retire at age 60 with full pension more

Fighting Health Care Privatization – Ending Competitive Bidding in Home Care

CUPE Ontario and OCHU’s home care campaign launched on March 11, 2008 with a Queen’s Park media conference, which included sisters Patricia Pitt-Anderson (CUPE 3808), a personal support worker (PSW), the Ontario Health Coalition (OHC) director Natalie Mehra and Kelly O’Sullivan, President, CUPE 4308—that includes personal support workers. CUPE called for province-wide home care public hearings and an end to contract competition. more

CUPE Ontario, unions calls for enforceable standards, not vague reports for long term care

TORONTO, Ont. – With fresh revelations that over 60 per cent of long-term care homes violate provincial standards, unions representing long-term care workers called, once again, for an enforceable minimum care standard of 3.5 hours of hands-on care at a media conference on July 8.  more 

LHINS

KINGSTON, Ont. – The McGuinty government must listen to the legitimate concerns of community health care advocates and take responsibility for funding gaps affecting local health service levels while the health system undergoes restructuring, said the president of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1974, representing 1,400 front line staff at Kingston General Hospital (KGH) at a media conference today. more

Anti Violence Campaign

It’s never been in anyone’s job description that violence is a part of the job. Yet today, one in five violent acts occur at work, according to a study by Stats Canada.  more

Joining hands that build our communities

Every day, thousands of people in Toronto depend on community social services. Yet a decade of under-funding and under-resourcing has left these agencies unable to meet costs – for basic necessities like heat, capital expenses and decent wages and benefits for their skilled and caring front-line workers.  more