TORONTO, ON – Parents and educators from across Ontario are asking Education Minister Lisa Thompson and the Ford government to confirm that they will continue a $2 per hour wage grant for Early Childhood Educators and child care staff beyond the end of March. A petition calling on the government to continue the grant has…
Doug Ford is looking to increase class sizes and scrap full-day kindergarten. Send Doug Ford a message that as parents, educators, and students, we will not accept an increase to already unmanageable class sizes. Enter your address Street address City State Zip code Country Your Full Name (required) Your Email (required) Your MPP…
Today (October 16) is Child Care Worker and Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day in Ontario. Coming just days before the municipal election, educators and their supporters are calling on municipal and school board politicians to join them as “Champions for Children” by committing to three big ideas to build a better child care system…
TORONTO, ON – Citing increased workload demands, wages that are being eroded by inflation and chronic underfunding to services, workers at Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Toronto have voted overwhelmingly in favour of authorizing their union to take strike action if a fair deal cannot be reached in the current round of contract negotiations.…
TORONTO, ON – A big thank you goes to child care advocates for today’s child care government announcement that promises free child care for up to a little more than a year prior to the start of junior kindergarten. “There is no question that parents in Ontario desperately need access to more affordable child…
Chair of CUPE Ontario’s Social Service Sector, treasurer of the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care, member of the Equal Pay Coalition and an anti-poverty activist, Carrie Lynn understands that affordable, public child care is the key to closing the gender pay gap and lifting families out of poverty. “I walk in the footsteps of…
To mark Child Care Worker and Early Childhood Appreciation Day on October 25th, advocates launch the Decent Work Charter and call for a down payment on the public funding needed to ensure professional pay for early childhood educators and provide affordable, high quality child care services for parents. TORONTO – The Ontario Coalition for Better…
TORONTO – A group of Toronto parents and educators are calling on City Council and Mayor John Tory to have a heart and protect child care in schools by halting cuts to Childcare Occupancy Grants in the City Budget. All City Councillors are invited to join Toronto families and educators to sign a Valentine Pledge…
TORONTO, ON – Following today’s final recommendations from the province’s gender wage gap strategy consultation, the Ontario division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) called on the Wynne government to set clear timelines for implementing an affordable, publicly funded child care system. In the report released this morning, the consultation committee made child…
Ontario’s Ministry of Education is proposing that infants, toddlers & preschoolers in licensed child care centres be cared for in larger groups at younger ages with fewer staff. Parents, advocates and early childhood educators are mobilizing to fight these major changes. CUPE Ontario encourages all its members and allies to TAKE ACTION NOW. Please PRINT,…
