CUPE Ontario Statement There are 45,000 developmental service workers in our province and over 12,000 of them are proud members of CUPE Ontario. These workers are highly skilled. They are personal chefs one minute, therapists the next. They coach people through crises, attend to medical needs, and help them with their finances. They provide whatever…
TORONTO – On the second day of CUPE Ontario’s sixtieth convention, delegates from across Ontario re-elected incumbent president Fred Hahn and incumbent secretary-treasurer Yolanda McClean each to two-year terms of offices. “I’m grateful to CUPE Ontario members who have once again put their faith and trust in me and elected me as their president for another…
Canadian Union of Public Employees Ontario president Fred Hahn was in Peterborough on Wednesday and joined CUPE Local 126 president Michelle Lavallee in showing support for the Peterborough Health Coalition’s campaign opposing the provincial government’s plan to shift a few surgical procedures to private clinics in a bid to address waiting times and free up…
If it’s the end of April, then it’s time for the Workers’ Day of Mourning. For 40 years, workers across the country have stopped to remember those who lost their lives on the job and to inspire workers to fight to prevent further tragedies. It’s widely considered a rare opportunity to make a point that…
Flight attendants participated in a national day of action to raise awareness about the unpaid work they’re required to do and to call for changes to how they’re compensated. Dilshad Burman reports. Flight attendants across Canada took part in a national day of action on Tuesday, to demand what they say is a no-brainer —…
Workers say they are unable to leave when their shifts end due to a staffing crisis Chris Judge has been a developmental support worker with Community Living Port Colborne-Wainfleet for 15 years. In the first 12 years, he has been stuck at the job because there was no one to relieve him maybe three…
Toronto mayors John Tory and Rob Ford, spent more than a decade ignoring what the pandemic laid bare — Toronto is a city that only works for some. Toronto is a great city — for some. Making Toronto a great city for everyone will take vision and action. That’s why the unexpected mayoral election…
OTTAWA, Canada – A third of Canada’s public servants set up pickets at hundreds of sites across the country Wednesday demanding cost-of-living raises and telework flexibility in one of the largest strikes in the nation’s history. After months of negotiating with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government, the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) said…
Warmest congratulations to all education workers of Ontario, who were honoured last night by the Urban Alliance on Race Relations (UARR) as recipients of its Racial Justice Award (Labour category). CUPE’s Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) accepted the award on behalf of education workers. This was wonderful recognition for the council that did…
CUPE has said it will explore every avenue to fight the bill, but the government said it intends to use the notwithstanding clause to keep the eventual law in force TORONTO — A union representing approximately 55,000 Ontario education workers said Monday its members will walk off the job on Friday despite the government tabling…
