Huron-Perth CAS workers urge management to bargain fairly to reach an agreement and avoid possible service shutdown

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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. – As management and workers of Huron-Perth Children’s Aid Society (CAS) resume conciliation talks on Wednesday, August 21, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), representing the 90 front line…

Bonfield mayor’s decision to close landfill will not end strike, instead, attracting hungry bears, warns CUPE, after mayor skips town

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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. – Instead of closing Bonfield’s landfill, the mayor should be back at the bargaining table to resolve a strike that he caused, said the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE),…

Bonfield Mayor suddenly calls ‘special’ meeting to hire scabs to prolong strike warns 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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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, Ont. – After cancelling several public council meetings including the latest scheduled meeting for this past Tuesday evening, the Bonfield Mayor called a special meeting for today, Thursday, August 15 at…

CUPE leaders and members join striking Bonfield municipal workers Tuesday for Solidarity BBQ Rally

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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. – Charles Fleury, National Secretary-Treasurer of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), along with other CUPE leaders, including Candace Rennick, CUPE Ontario Secretary-Treasurer, and Henri Giroux, President of North…

Solidarity with Bonfield municipal workers

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 Thursday, August 8, a busload of CUPE Ontario members from the Barrie area arrived at Bonfield town hall. The members held a lively solidarity picket in support of 16 municipal workers…

Labour Day 2013

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 for photographs from Labour Day  In Canada, we began celebrating Labour Day on the first Monday in September in 1880. Since then, the union movement has made many gains for…

CUPE calls on Jamaican Canadian Association management to resume negotiations and prevent a labour dispute

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 Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), representing 12 social service and operations employees at the Jamaican Canadian Association (JCA), is urging the Board of Directors to resume negotiations…