Convention 2016 Webcast
CUPE Ontario Convention 2016 Webcast En français
CUPE Ontario Convention to focus on protecting Ontarians from dangerous privatization schemes
TORONTO – Twelve hundred CUPE Ontario members are set to gather at the Toronto Sheraton Centre on Wednesday to open their annual convention, with a clear message for Premier Wynne: Your fiscally irresponsible privatization plans will hurt the people of our province and they must be stopped. “Our members work directly for municipalities and schools…
Mulcair: One election away from a better Canada
Tom Mulcair, NDP Leader and soon to be Canada’s first New democratic Prime Minister, electrified the CUPE Ontario convention with a rousing address on his NDP team’s plan, with the help of CUPE members, to build a better Canada. “When I hear CUPE say it’s partners with the NDP, nothing makes me prouder,” said Mulcair,…
CUPE Ontario President: Mobilizing against austerity in every community
CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn kicked off Convention on Wednesday morning with an electrifying speech that pledged to defend public services and public employees from the austerity agenda, and protect Ontario’s public power from privatization. “The hydro grid is there because our parents and grandparents bought and paid for it with their taxes. It belongs…
2015 CUPE Ontario Injured Worker Award
Robert Gauthier, winner of CUPE Ontario’s Injured Worker Advocate Award, is VP of CUPE Local 4000 and chairs the local’s WSIB/Return-to-Work committee. According to his executive, he is a formidable force on behalf of injured workers. “He knows his stuff extremely well, he works incredibly hard and he always manages to get the best terms…
2015 CUPE Ontario Sisters in Solidarity Award
This year’s Sisters in Solidarity Award was presented to Pam Parks of CUPE Local 1999 in Oshawa. Sister Pam, who works at Lakeridge Health, was nominated for her support of social justice, union solidarity and fairness. Her nominees cited her encouragement of new and young workers, which led one of them to join the CUPE…
Ready for the austerity fight
CUPE Ontario Secretary-Treasurer Candace Rennick greeted delegates in dramatic fashion Thursday morning. Holding a copy of our loan agreement, Sister Candace informed delegates that every penny of CUPE Ontario’s debt has been paid off. Then, with a flourish, she tore up the agreement. “The good news I bring to you is that we did it…
Historic restructuring
Following a year-long formal review, a large majority of delegates voted in favour of “historic change,” as CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn put it, by changing the CUPE Ontario Executive Board to meet the needs of our diverse membership. The new structure moves from three diversity vice-presidents to six equality representatives and a representative from…
Ontarians turn out in force to tell MPPs to Keep Hydro Public
TORONTO, ON – More than one thousand people converged on Queen’s Park Thursday afternoon, calling on MPPs to cancel plans to privatize Hydro One. The rally took place as the legislature began its final clause-by-clause review of the provincial budget bill, which includes legislation intended to make the sale legal. “We are here to tell…
CUPE members from across province rallying at Queen’s Park to Keep Hydro Public
TORONTO, ON – Hailing from every corner of the province, hundreds of members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario will join the rally at Queen’s Park on Thursday to Keep Hydro Public. CUPE Ontario has repeatedly raised concerns expressed by leading economists and legal experts that the proposed Hydro One privatization…
