The union representing public employees said the sick leave announcement lacked action. “It’s time for far more than assurance that he’ll work on something,” said Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees Ontario. Click here to read the full article.
CUPE Ontario’s leaders made the case that on-site staff across the province who have continued to show up for work through school closures and periods of online learning are at high risk of contracting COVID-19 on the job and deserve vaccine priority. “We’re here today to shine a light on the front-line workers whose work…
“The only one playing politics on this question is Doug Ford and the conservatives in Ontario” — Fred Hahn talked to Global News about the need for a provincial sick leave program. Read the full article here.
Just as Ontario Premier Doug Ford was outlining the latest stay-at-home order from the Ontario government, CUPE Ontario (Canadian Union of Public Employees) said the announcement was a demonstration of Ontario’s “deep political failure” during the pandemic. In a hard-hitting news release, CUPE said any stay-at-home order must include some sort of legislated effort at paid…
“This budget is just classic trickle-down economics and it’s the last thing communities need,” CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn said, also pointing to the lack of paid sick days.” Read the full article here.
Article by Andrew Willis, The Globe and Mail (click here to read the article on theglobeandmail.com) Pension plan OMERS turned in a 2.7-per-cent loss on its investments in 2020 as the pandemic weighed down returns from its holdings in shopping malls, a theatre chain and other consumer-facing businesses. Assets of Toronto-based OMERS declined by $3-billion…
We need 20,000+ PSWs trained right now. The Ford Conservatives’ plan is completely inadequate. Listen to Candace Rennick’s interview on CBC’s Metro Morning here: bit.ly/2ZIp3Nl
“Shocking,” “appalling,” “offensive” and “disappointing” are just some of the words critics are using to describe the Ontario government’s latest plan to train personal support workers (PSWs) in the province. “Their lethargy is profound…delaying training and recruitment. In the meantime nearly 4,000 residents have died in long-term care in the last year,” said Candace Rennick,…
Candace Rennick, Secretary-Treasurer of CUPE Ontario and a former PSW, said the long-term care system desperately needs a real staffing plan from the province. Read more here.
Fred Hahn, president of CUPE Ontario, says the stay-at-home order will fail to drive down the virus. “It’s not that people aren’t following the recommended advice because they don’t think it’s a good idea,” Hahn said. “It’s because they need help to do it. Paid sick time is essential to that.” Click here to read…
