Poverty: No more talk, it’s time for action Anti-poverty groups picket Liberal ‘poverty reduction’ consultation

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 – Refusing to participate in another fruitless round of consultations, anti-poverty groups from across the province today picketed outside the Wynne government’s Poverty Reduction Strategy meeting in Toronto. “The…

CUPE National and Ontario leaders lead solidarity rally for striking Bonfield workers on Thursday

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. BONFIELD, Ont. – Paul Moist, National President of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), along with CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn and Sid Ryan, President of the Ontario Federation of Labour…

Bonfield Mayor’s firing of one-third of the strikers will backfire, charges CUPE

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. BONFIELD, ONTARIO–(Sept. 10, 2013) – After publicly stating that he’s hopeful a resolution can be worked out to end the six-week Bonfield municipal strike, Mayor Randall McLaren fired five municipal workers today,…

New study on C. difficile suggests benefits of rapid testing – Union calls on Ontario to lead in development

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 – A major study of 12,000 samples from patients with C. difficile in four  hospitals in the United Kingdom (UK), published in respected medical journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases this…