Category Archives: 2007-2014 Archives

OCCUPATION UNDERWAY AT FEDERAL FINANCE MINISTER’S OFFICE – FLAHERTY BETRAYS CANADIANS

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Ontario Federation of Labour President Sid Ryan, unions and community members have just occupied Jim Flaherty’s office, 701 Rossland Road East, Unit 204, Whitby, stunned by his last-minute betrayal of Canadians’ retirement…

McGuinty cabinet betrays families as it abandons a bold vision of seamless full-day learning, says CUPE Ontario President

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. TORONTO, Ont. – Cabinet’s expected decision today to not fully implement Dr. Charles Pascal’s vision of seamless full-day learning would be a “betrayal of Ontario’s families and a massive failure of vision…

Candlelight vigil marks 18-year battle for fair wages by Peel Region Long Term Care Employees

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. BRAMPTON, Ont. – Members of CUPE Local 966, part of 700 Long Term Care employees in the Region of Peel, chanted in front of the Peel Region Head Office on December 15,…

Kingston community steaming over KGH food decision Local food campaign says “it isn’t over until we say it’s over”

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. KINGSTON, Ont. – Kingston residents filled Kingston City Hall last night for the first in a series of ‘think local’ public meetings as part of the community campaign focused on getting Kingston…

Canadian Union of Public Employees donate $11,000 to regional food banks

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. WALKERTON, Ont. – Members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 255 have donated $11,000 to regional food banks.  “At this time of year particularly, it’s a pleasure to give…

Newmarket public library set to strike in New Year

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. NEWMARKET, Ont. – After a third day of conciliation, the membership of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) workers at the Newmarket Public Library asked the provincially-appointed conciliator for a “No…

Peel Region’s CUPE 966 Public Nurses enter conciliation talks to reach a fair agreement

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. PEEL REGION, Ont. – The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 966, representing almost 300 Public Health Nurses in Peel Region, are meeting a Conciliator starting December 16, to move forward…

Importance High – Plan on attending First Toronto City Council Meeeting

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Sisters and Brothers This Thursday, December 16th, is the 1st meeting of the new Toronto City Council.  Two key issues are on the table: (i) designate the TTC an essential service (this…

OSBCC Members: Take the five-minute survey!

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. The Ontario School Board Coordinating Committee encourages members of CUPE school board support staff locals to visit this website: It contains the first-ever attempt to survey our membership on a provincial…

Read a December 10 statement from CUPE Ontario’s International Solidarity Committee on press freedom and attacks on journalists in Sri Lanka.

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. December 10, International Human Rights Day This December 10, 2010 marks the 62nd anniversary of the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of the Human Rights by the General Assembly of the…