TORONTO, ON – The Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care and the Association of Early Childhood Educators Ontario welcomed Monday’s announcement by the federal and Ontario governments that child care fees will be reduced by 50% by the new year. “Affordable child care is life changing for families and for our communities. It is great…
TORONTO – CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn called the ruling by Justice Koehnen to strike down Bill 124 “a victory for Ontario’s workers, who have been fully vindicated by this clear decision.” The ruling finds that Bill 124 violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, including the right to free collective bargaining, as guaranteed under…
TORONTO, ON — Child care advocates are calling on the Ford government to get serious about a child care workforce strategy and salary scale as new estimates show that tens of thousands of new staff will be needed to meet anticipated demand for $10-a-day child care. “We need the Ford government to understand the scale…
MEMORANDUM DATE: November 14, 2022 TO: All National Representatives FROM: Christina Gilligan, Associate Coordinator – Child Care RE: Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Plan In March 2022, the Ontario government signed on to the Canada Wide Early Learning and Child Care plan (CWELCC). But, they have…
With child care in Ontario at a critical crossroads, the union that represents some 600 frontline early-years professionals in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) has launched Raising the Floor, a campaign calling for better working conditions for early-years professionals and advancing the demand as one of the best way to ensure stable, high-quality child care…
October 18, 2022 Child care advocates and allies across Ontario mark this day annually. But collectively, we are all indebted, each and every day, to the dedicated child care workers and early childhood educators (ECEs), especially those CUPE members, who provide vital care, support, and education to children in their early learning years. As we…
Toronto, ON – Now’s the time to finally repeal the Constitution-violating legislation which caps total compensation, including wages, for public sector workers to only 1 per cent, said the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario during a press conference. “The Ford Conservatives have simply done nothing to deal with the skyrocketing cost of living,”…
TORONTO, ON – Frontline workers are warning of devastating lifelong effects from the Toronto District School Board’s looming cuts of nearly 100 designated early childhood educators (ECEs) for the school year starting in September. “TDSB trustees must immediately rescind these damaging cuts,” said John Weatherup, president of Toronto Education Workers/CUPE Local 4400. “Children five years…
Toronto, ON— Child care advocates are warning the Ford government that without a better plan to solve the child care workforce shortage, their budget’s promise to build 86,000 new child care spaces will fail. “We have a child care workforce crisis right now, driven by low wages. As a result, child care centres are closing…
Toronto, ON— Ontario child care advocates are celebrating the signing of the Canada-Ontario child care agreement, but are also warning that child care expansion will fail without addressing the sector’s plummeting staff retention and growing worker shortage. “Today is a huge step forward, but we must learn from the mistakes of our past and correct…
