Category Archives: 2007-2014 Archives

Restoring Special Diet Allowance “the right thing to do;” McGuinty Government needs to do far more to fight poverty, says CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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. – Faced with staggeringly high increases in food bank usage, the McGuinty Liberals made the right decision by reinstating the Special Diet Allowance, the President of the Canadian Union of…

Protesting Bed Closures rally November 26th, 2010

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. On Friday, November 26, hundreds of health care workers and their supporters rallied in front of Ontario’s Ministry of Health offices in downtown Toronto. Their message was simple—Bed closures, program cuts and…

CUPE Activist Angela Connors honoured with Access, Equity & Human Rights Award

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 City of Toronto this week awarded CUPE Ontario Activist Angela Connors for her tireless work in support of the City’s First Nations community. On November 25, Connors received the 2010 Aboriginal…

Liberals’ loyalty to Ontario farmers and local businesses questioned

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. New purchasing Act no help for economic revival TORONTO, Ont. – Ontario’s farmers and small businesses in cities like Peterborough, London, Belleville, Cornwall and Windsor, should be very concerned that, without…

Changes in child welfare fueled by cost-cutting, new CAS commission – not what’s best for children

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. OWEN SOUND, Ont. – People in the Grey-Bruce community who care about the well-being of at risk children should be paying close attention to the motive behind the merger of two area…

Ontario must protect pensioners and clamp down on employers robbing workers’ retirement security through contribution holidays, says CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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. – The McGuinty Government can end a sordid chapter in the history of how retirees are treated by their employers, the President of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE),…

Sister Bev Smale Scholarship

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Education scholarships are offered to members from Locals affiliated to the CUPE Ontario and are in good standing as members. The purpose of the scholarship is to support members pursuing and furthering…

Carleton University Teaching Assistants and Contract Instructors reach tentative 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. OTTAWA, Ont. – Teaching Assistants (TAs) and Contact Instructors (CIs) at Carleton University, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 4600, have reached tentative settlements with the administration, averting…

Help build local economies by keeping hospital food local in Kingston

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Lend your support at:  http://www.kingstonfoodfight.ca/A Kingston-based community campaign to stop the contracting out of the foodservice operation at Kingston General Hospital (KGH) to a global factory-food corporation needs your support. Local…

Statement from CUPE Ontario President Hahn, on the death of Fred Taylor, founding President of CUPE Ontario Division

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, ON—“We learned today of the passing of Fred Taylor, CUPE Ontario’s founding President, over the weekend. As workers, we all owe a debt of thanks to Brother Fred for his…