Category Archives: 2007-2014 Archives

Right decision to fund child care in tomorrow’s budget CUPE Ontario president tells Premier

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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. – Including $63.5 million to fill the gap caused by lost federal funding for child care is the right decision for children, families and the Ontario economy, said Fred Hahn,…

Already damaged home care system at risk again as Liberals about to lift ban on competitive bidding when contracts expire March 31 CUPE and Ontario Health Coalition warn! – Stratford

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. STRATFORD, Ont. – Ontario’s home care system, already damaged by the McGuinty government’s continuation of Mike Harris’ contracting out policy, may be only less than two weeks away from further harm if…

Ontario’s budget must create and preserve jobs to tackle the deficit

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.   Cuts and public asset ‘fire sales’ are short-term solutions that will prolong the recession says CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn to Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs …

Already damaged home care system at risk again as Liberals about to lift ban on competitive bidding when contracts expire March 31 CUPE and Ontario Health Coalition warn! – Hamilton

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. HAMILTON, Ont. – Ontario’s home care system, already damaged by the McGuinty government’s continuation of Mike Harris’ contracting out policy, may be only less than two weeks away from further harm if…

Public sector workers join Sudbury miners’ solidarity march

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.  SUDBURY, Ont. – Fred Hahn, President of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario, led a delegation of public sector workers from his union in a march through Sudbury on Monday,…

Determined to stop childcare cuts, parents deliver giant “budget cookie” to Finance Minister

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Windsor, ON …   A dozen Windsor area daycare parents delivered a giant “budget cookie” to Ontario MPP Dwight Duncan’s office today asking the Finance Minister to “chew this over” before finalizing a…

Ontario CUPE President at Queen’s Park on Early Learning Bill

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. – Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario leader Fred Hahn will appear before the Ontario Standing Committee on Social Policy today to express support and concerns his union has…

Candace Rennick Biography

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Born and raised in Peterborough, Ontario, Candace Rennick has been a member of CUPE since she began working at a local Long-Term Care facility when she was 16 years old. Becoming…

Already damaged home care system at risk again as Liberals about to lift ban on competitive bidding – St. Catharines

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – Ontario’s home care system, already damaged by the McGuinty government’s continuation of Mike Harris’ contracting out policy, may be only less than two weeks away from further harm…

CUPE members “take-the-bus” to Sudbury for solidarity march with nickel miners

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. – Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario, the province’s largest union, and hundreds of CUPE members will take the bus to Sudbury today, riding…