Category Archives: 2007-2014 Archives

Day of Mourning for workers killed or injured on the job

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Every year, on April 28, we pause to recognize workers who have been killed or injured on the job. The Day of Mourning, created by CUPE members and first observed in 1984,…

Progress reported in continuing talks between CUPE and Compass

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. PETERBOROUGH, Ont. – Representatives of food service workers at Trent University have expressed satisfaction at the progress resulting from meetings between them and Compass Group Canada. The meetings were scheduled…

‘A culture of fear at the top always filters downward,’ warns CUPE 79 in wake of Ombudsman’s damning TCHC report

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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. – Yesterday’s shocking report by City of Toronto Ombudsman Fiona Crean into management practices at Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) should serve as “a wake-up call to all Torontonians,” the…

Wage raise for ECEs and child care workers long-overdue, but province must do more to stabilize child care, keep centres from closing

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 – While better wages for early childhood educators (ECEs) and child care staff are long-overdue and key to ensuring program quality, the province must do more to stabilize child care.…

FJ Davey Home residents, their families and care staff still waiting for Orazietti to take action on care cuts

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Community rally set for Tuesday, April 22, at noon, at Orazietti’s office SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. – Inaction by Sault Ste. Marie MPP David Orazietti to help rescind cuts to…

Letter to Orazietti

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. TO: SAULT STE. MARIE MPP DAVID ORAZIETTI FROM: CUPE ONTARIO RE: IMPACT OF CUTS TO RESIDENT CARE AT THE FJ DAVEY HOME Dear MPP David Orazietti, I am…

Press conference to expose job threats at Trent University

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. PETERBOROUGH, Ont. – Trent University’s new contract with the multinational corporation Compass Group Canada, threatens lay-offs, seniority rights and wage cuts for the campuses’ already modestly paid food service workers, says Candace…

Province must take action on growing gender income gap

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. CUPE Ontario president to help take Equal Pay Day message to the street TORONTO, Ont. – A new report shows the wage gap between women and men has grown to 31.5…

Lambton County must show leadership and invest in future leaders: CUPE urges committee to reject proposal to close Coronation Park Day Nursery

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. SARNIA, Ont. – Front line child care workers are urging Lambton County council’s standing committee to reject senior management’s proposal to close Coronation Park Day Nursery. The 38 early childhood educators (ECEs),…

Are elementary classrooms becoming more violent? (CHEXTV)

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Click Here to see the full article at CHEXTV “There is a crisis in Ontario’s elementary schools according to some teachers, unions and other educators. The province recently spent…