CUPE’s municipal sector workers are leading a new campaign: Reclaim our Cities – Repeal Bill 23 in response to the Ford government’s brazen attacks on municipalities. In November, the provincial government passed Bill 23, a legislation that will starve municipalities of funding, harm our environment, and worsen the housing crisis. The stated purpose of Bill…
TORONTO – DynaLIFE Labs, a company contracted by the Alberta government to privatize health care services, is trying to take away a pension plan from its employees. The twist? DynaLIFE’s majority shareholder is the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS), a pension plan serving over half a million Canadians. In 2022, Alberta’s UCP government awarded…
Hand out these flyers in your communities and workplaces to spread the word on what is going on at OMERS, and to draw people to our campaign.
Petition CUPE Ontario, OPSEU and a group of OMERS pension activists want your signature on a petition to help fight the cuts. Sign up to learn more about what’s happening where you work.
Resolution Pass a resolution at your union local that commits to concrete steps in support of the Cancel the Cuts campaign.
UPDATE: Thank-you to all who applied to be trained as an OMERS Activist. We are pleased to say we’ve had an overwhelming number of applications for OMERS Pension Activist Training. In fact, over 500 CUPE/OMERS members applied, and more inquiries are coming in every day. We are currently working through the applications and will be finalizing…
Unity Letter on Decent Work in Child Care We, the undersigned members of CUPE Local 2484, are dedicated front line child care workers who provide accessible, high-quality child care and early learning to families across the Greater Toronto Area. We are united in our belief that our new collective agreement must include adequate paid sick…
Update: In November, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice overturned Bill 124, finding that the law violated workers’ rights to free collective bargaining. The decision affirmed that workers’ rights are human rights and is a victory for all workers. The ruling was the long-awaited result of a legal challenge brought by a coalition of 70…
Print this campaign poster to post around your workplace and on union bulletin boards.
