Ottawa Sun Sunday, March 13, 2016 By Fred Hahn Universal social programs are rightfully a point of pride for Canadians. They speak to our shared sense of identity and our desire for an inclusive and fair society. They benefit us all, provide economic security and are efficient. Because everyone participates in and benefits from their…
TORONTO, ON – The provincial budget tabled today at Queen’s Park looks like it was written by former TD Bank Executive Ed Clark for the benefit of Bay Street, not for the people of Ontario, says the president of Ontario’s largest union. “On every major file, given the choice between benefiting Ontarians and benefiting Bay…
TORONTO, ON – Six years of Liberal austerity budgets have failed the people of Ontario but have profited already wealthy corporations, CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn told a pre-budget committee hearing at Queen’s Park today. “We’ve seen years of cuts to public services to pay for corporate tax cuts from the Liberal government,” said Hahn.…
TORONTO, ON – With a Liberal government in Ottawa, there is no need for Kathleen Wynne to push forward her flawed, non-universal Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP), says the president of Ontario’s largest union. “By moving forward with their non-universal ORPP, the Ontario Liberal government is abandoning the push to expand the Canada Pension Plan…
NORTH BAY, ON – From hospital service cuts to workers locked out at Ontario Northland, skyrocketing hydro rates and a loss of good manufacturing jobs, North Bay is feeling the full force of the Liberal government’s austerity agenda, CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn told the Unity for Our Community rally today in North Bay. “You…
NORTH BAY, ON – Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario, will be a featured speaker at the Unity for Our Community rally and march to North Bay city hall on Saturday, December 12. The rally, organized by the North Bay and District Labour Council, will put a spotlight on…
TORONTO, ON – The economic update released today by the provincial government fails to address damage done by years of Liberal austerity and misplaced priorities, says CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn. “People will squabble about whether or not this government is on target to eliminate a deficit, but that’s all a distraction from the real…
TORONTO, ON – Today’s report by the province’s financial accountability officer should be the final nail in the coffin of the ill-conceived sell-off of Hydro One, said Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. “This privatization plan has been a mistake from day one. Now the financial accountability officer has…
TORONTO, ON – Pursuing a Hydro One sell-off is not in the public interest, and Ontario’s largest union will use every tool at its disposal to stop the sale, said Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. The Liberal government today announced it is filing a preliminary prospectus and…
In their zeal to silence the voices of working people, the federal Conservatives trampled the democratic process to force an unconstitutional anti-union bill through the Senate. “We will be working through our National Union with all Canadian Labour Congress affiliates and some provincial governments to defeat this unjust law through legal action,” said CUPE Ontario…
