Category Archives: 2007-2014 Archives

Earlier discharge for new Ottawa moms is linked to the closure of birthing in Renfrew, puts newborns potentially at risk

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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, ON – The announcement last week that Ottawa moms will be discharged within 24 hours of delivering a baby is directly linked to the closure of the birthing unit at Renfrew hospital…

End of health accord between the provinces and federal government marked by community protests across Ontario on Monday, March 31

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 – Monday, March 31 2014, marks the end of the Health Accord − a ten-year agreement between the federal government, provinces and territories − that provided stable federal funding and…

The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing intervenes in Bonfield crisis

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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. – In one of her final acts as Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Linda Jeffrey sent a letter to the Mayor of Bonfield stating that the “allegations being made…

CUPE Local 3908 reaches tentative agreement with 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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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. – Contract talks on Monday between Local 3908 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and Trent University’s administration have resulted in a tentative agreement for the university’s contract…

Close the 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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 1521 Rally to raise awareness

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Please join CUPE 1521 to raise awareness to the lack of funding to the Developmental Services Sector Friday, March 28th12 noon Outside the Office of the Ministry of Community and…

Time to end “War on the Poor” protesters from across province tell Premier at Liberal convention

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 – Hundreds of people from across the province marched on the Liberal convention in Toronto today, banging pots and calling on the Ontario government to stop its “War on the…

Marchers to Liberal Convention will demand end to “War on the Poor”

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 – People from across the province will march on the Liberal Convention in Toronto this Saturday, calling on the Wynne government to “Stop the War on the Poor.” …

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the anniversary of the day in 1960 when 69 Black demonstrators were killed and 180 wounded in Sharpeville, South Africa, as…

Ban private plasma clinics; Plasma clinic threatened with court order by Health Ministry, March 19

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 Star Fri Mar 21 2014 Page: A16 Section: Editorial Plasma clinic threatened with court order by Health Ministry, March 19 Last summer, the province was forced to…