“Our members at this hospital were working very long hours, 14, 15, 16 hours a day,” said Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees of Ontario. “Then, when they went home, they were so worried and uncertain about infecting their families that they slept in their garages, or in their cars in…
“When the CUPE Ontario executive board learned of the mobilizing happening here, we were so inspired that we voted unanimously to enter into a solidarity pact – and the first step of that is to donate $50,000 to CUPE New Brunswick to support them in this important effort.” –Fred Hahn, President of CUPE Ontario Listen…
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario represents 280,000 public sector workers. President Fred Hahn says it is time to listen to experts and legislate. “We have been crystal clear from the first day of this crisis,” said Hahn. “Ontarians need this government to legislate universal employer-provided and permanent paid sick days that is…
“Every day we wait is a day that will damage our prospects of beating COVID.”–Fred Hahn Watch this segment on CityNews Toronto about why we need Paid Sick Days.
The Ontario government is offering to double federal sick leave payments to $1,000 a week for workers in the province amid the surging COVID-19 pandemic – if Ottawa agrees to administer the program. In an April 22 letter to Finance Minster Chrystia Freeland, obtained by The Globe and Mail, Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy said…
Watch CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn on a CP24 Toronto’s Breaking News panel discussing the Ford government’s inadequate paid sick day plan. “The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) published a poll last week that showed overwhelming support across all party lines for paid sick days, because people understand that it’s long past time that we…
According to the Opposition NDP, the vote marked the 25th time the Ford government has voted down a proposal for paid sick days in 2021 alone. In a statement reacting to the announcement, CUPE Ontario president Fred Hahn said the Ford government had “chosen chaos and confusion” over delivering the type of program Ontarians truly need. “Everyone…
CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn discusses the inadequacy of Ontario’s new paid sick leave program with Jeff McArthur on Global News Radio 640 and points out the hypocrisy of Doug Ford taking time out to self-isolate while denying that right to frontline workers: “Doug Ford has a privilege that hasn’t been afforded to hundreds of…
In a statement issued after the news conference, Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario, said Ontarians were waiting for some sort of commitment to deliver paid sick days, only to get “absolutely nothing.” “The chorus of voices calling for paid sick days is roaring over Ford’s inaction,” Hahn said.…
CUPE Ontario, the union that represents 280,000 public sector workers, said it wants action not apologies. “Yet again Ontarians were on the edge of their seats waiting for a commitment to deliver what we need to stay safe, only to get absolutely nothing,” said CUPE President Fred Hahn in a press release Thursday. Read the…
