London Education Workers Urge MPP Rob Flack and the Ford Government to Address the Staffing Crisis at Thames Valley and London District Catholic School Boards

Child Care, Education, Solidarity

St. Thomas, ON – On Thursday, CUPE education workers visited the constituency office of PC MPP Rob Flack to deliver a powerful and disturbing booklet: dozens of photos documenting real injuries sustained by Educational Assistants, Early Childhood Educators, and other frontline education workers while supporting students in local classrooms. The message to the provincial government…

Limestone DSB education workers call for urgent action as staff and students face daily violence amid understaffing crisis

Education, Solidarity

KINGSTON, ON – Education workers with the Limestone District School Board (LDSB) are calling on school board management and trustees to take immediate action to address the rampant violence that frontline education workers are facing every single day. “Violent outbursts have become part of the daily routine,” said Brenda Price, President of CUPE Local 1480.…

‘A good day is only getting hit three times’: CUPE education workers from across the province demand action at Queens Park as school violence soars across Ontario

Education, Solidarity

TORONTO – On Saturday, hundreds of education workers from across Ontario rallied at Queens Park to demand the Ford government take immediate action to address the growing crisis of violence in schools. The Ontario government has cut billions from public education since 2018, creating a crisis in underfunding and understaffing at schools across the province.…

UCDSB education workers will not back down!: CUPE education workers push back after UCDSB management tries to silence petition

Education, Solidarity

BROCKVILLE, ON – CUPE education workers across the Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB) are speaking out after some members received reprimands from the school board for signing a public petition calling on trustees to address chronic understaffing, understaffing and escalating violence in schools. “This is a blatant attempt to intimidate and silence workers who…

OSBCU: Ford’s Status Quo Education Budget Fails Students, Parents, and Workers

Education, OSBCUShineLight, Solidarity

TORONTO – The Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU), representing over 57,000 frontline education workers, is raising serious concerns following the provincial government’s 2025 core education funding announcement, which continues to ignore the escalating crises in Ontario’s public education system. Despite claims of increased funding, the funding announcement fails to deliver the investment needed…

Underfunding, understaffing plague Trillium Lake District School Board: 88% of CUPE employees at TLDSB say staffing must increase to meet the needs of students, 78 percent say there is a violent incident at work at least once a month

Education, School Boards

LINDSAY, ON – Trillium Lakelands District School Board (TLDSB) recently announced an $8 million surplus for the 2023-2024 school year, reporting that it was in a “good position to make positive impacts on student achievement and well-being,” yet workers say extreme underfunding and understaffing has created an unsafe learning environment plagued with violence for students…

“An unnecessary risk”: Over 140 organizations send Open Letter to Ontario Education Minister Todd Smith opposing his attempt to open up more of Ontario’s child care system to for-profit provision

Child Care, Education, Solidarity

TORONTO – Over 140 Ontario organizations – including small and large child care programs from across Ontario, churches, francophone associations, labour unions, post-secondary and research institutions – have come together to send an Open Letter to Ontario Education Minister Todd Smith today in response to his recent letter to federal Minister Jenna Sudds asking her…

Events across Ontario as Canada-Wide Day of Action for Child Care unites families and educators to demand better access and working conditions

Child Care, Education, Solidarity

TORONTO, ON — Families, educators and child care advocates are holding a rally today at Queen’s Park as part of a Canada-Wide Day of Action for Child Care organized by Child Care Now and allies. Their message is being echoed at local events in child care programs across Ontario and throughout Canada demanding improved access…

Transphobic Bigots Vandalize Education Workers’ Union Offices in London

Education, School Boards

CUPE education workers are committed to stopping hate, misinformation, and transphobia; call on school boards, premier, and education minister to denounce attacks on students’ right to education and support fundamental freedom not to be discriminated against. LONDON, ON – Last night, all three frontline education workers’ local union offices in London were vandalized by transphobic…