TORONTO, ON – The Ontario government’s proposed changes to the Blue Box recycling program will lead to losses of good jobs in municipalities and a lack of public oversight, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. The Ford government’s announced Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) recycling model is touted as one that would result…
WINDSOR, ON – Members of Local 543 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 543) have packed up 1,200 hampers containing everything needed for a complete Thanksgiving dinner, as part of their seventh annual ‘Operation Giveback,’ in partnership with the Windsor-Essex Food Bank Association. The dinner hampers will be distributed to families in the…
PETERBOROUGH, ON – The Ontario Labour Relations Board today certified the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) as the union for workers at the Township of Otonabee-South Monaghan. The certification for this group of 23 workers had been delayed since May because of objections raised by the employer, all of which were ultimately dismissed by…
(TORONTO, ON) The $19-billion in federal support for provinces and municipalities is a long-overdue and welcomed development, but it falls far short of what’s urgently needed to address the crisis facing local governments, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. “We’ve been ringing the alarm bells over how the crisis is impacting the…
July 2, 2020 The Honourable Doug Ford Premier of Ontario Legislative Building, Room 281 Queen’s Park Toronto, Ontario M7A 1A1 Dear Premier Ford: Re: Immediate Federal-Provincial Financial Assistance for Municipalities Time is running out for municipal governments and the municipal workers who have kept this province safe and delivered the frontline and core services Ontarians…
(TORONTO, ON) – With municipalities still facing immense financial impacts due to the crisis, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario is dismayed that in nearly a month the Government of Ontario has yet to respond to the union’s joint letter with the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) urging immediate support. The President…
(TORONTO, ON) – The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario and the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) have joined forces in a first-ever joint letter to the Premier and the Minister of Municipal Affairs seeking urgent financial help for struggling municipal governments. The President of CUPE Ontario, which represents 80,000 municipal employees, Fred…
WATERLOO, ON – Members of CUPE Local 1883, representing over 850 workers with the Region of Waterloo, will deliver coffee and cookies to frontline workers at various locations today. Members of Local 1883 have been redeployed into various frontline posts throughout the region to help respond to community needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Local members…
CUPE Ontario has joined more than 50 organizations across Canada to send a letter to the federal government calling for emergency and permanent transit operating funding. You can read the letter below. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Honorable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities, Honorable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport, Honorable Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance,…
TORONTO, ON – Library workers represented by CUPE Local 4948 have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new, five-year collective agreement that maintains job security and makes some important human rights gains. “We are pleased that CUPE library workers have ratified this agreement, bargained in unprecedented times,” said Brandon Haynes, president of CUPE local 4948, which…
