Support communities, not cuts. January 17, 2020 Victory! Thanks to the hard work of parents, families, front-line child care workers and allies. Peterborough City Council voted 9-2 in favour of a motion put forward by Councillor Kemi Akapo to keep Pearson and Peterborough Child Care Centres and before and after school programs open. Since the…
On October 28th, the Time to Care Act, Bill 13, will go to 2nd reading in the Ontario Legislature. The bill would ensure a minimum daily average of 4 hours of hands on care per resident in every long-term care home in the province. The bill reflects the recommendations of the Ministry of Long-Term Care’s…
The OMERS Sponsors Board is proposing to make the following change that will hurt your pension: 1. Changes to early retirement provisions. As it stands today, OMERS members can retire early if: They have worked for 30 years; or They reach their 90 factor where your age and years of service add up to 90…
Attention all staff, CUPE leaders and activists: The election results on June 7, were not what we wanted and are very concerning for all CUPE members and the public services we provide. With only 40 percent of the vote, Doug Ford and the Conservative Party now have a majority government in Ontario. The race…
TORONTO, ON – Lawyers for the Premier and Ministers of Energy and Finance were back in court today, trying to defend the sell-off of Hydro One that hurt the people of the province and benefited the Ontario Liberal party. The misfeasance suit, filed by Steven Shrybman and Goldblatt Partners on behalf of a group…
TORONTO, ON (March 16, 2018) – While the Premier tries to change the channel with a Throne Speech Monday, her lawyers will be back in court trying to defend her and her Ministers of Energy and Finance in the lawsuit against them over the sale of Hydro One shares. The misfeasance suit, filed by Steven…
OMERS is well on track to reach its funded status. Yet some at the Sponsors Corporation want to get rid of key benefits like guaranteed indexing. We can’t let that happen. Click here to review the changes that OMERS wants to make to your pension Click here to download a factsheet to share with other OMERS members…
PETERBOROUGH, ON – Today’s announcement that Hydro One has backed out of the deal to buy Peterborough Distributions Inc. (PDI) is good news for the people of Peterborough, says CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn. 90 percent of people in Peterborough were against the sale of city’s electricity provider and the approval to move forward…
Special to the Toronto Sun By Fred Hahn, Guest Columnist People’s anger towards the Ontario Liberal government is well founded, according to the province’s Financial Accountability Officer (FAO). Not surprisingly, the new FAO report proves that the only people to benefit from the sell-off of Hydro One, were the Liberal party’s corporate friends and bankers…
TORONTO, ON – Today’s report by Ontario’s Financial Accountability Officer (FAO) proves what the people of Ontario have always known, that the sale of Hydro One is bad for the province, says Fred Hahn, President of CUPE Ontario. The report uncovered that though the sale of 53 per cent of the shares in Hydro One…
