CAMBRIDGE, ON – City of Cambridge ‘outside’ workers, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), are urging management to return to the bargaining table next week with the full intention of reaching a collective agreement that will address a wage disparity issue that places Cambridge ‘outside’ municipal workers among the lowest paid in…
ESSEX, ON – As the Essex County Library strike hits the eighth-month mark this week, the Library Board has no real plan to end the strike but to continue to thwart democracy and starve striking workers into submission with their latest mean-spirited salvo of cancelling the workers’ benefits plan, charges CUPE 2974, representing the 57…
OWEN SOUND, ON – Members of Local 1189 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 1189), representing administrative employees and by-law enforcement in the City of Owen Sound, have given an extremely strong mandate for their union to take strike action to defend against the severe cuts proposed by the city. 98% of the…
OWEN SOUND, ON – The members of Local 1189 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 1189) representing administrative employees and by-law enforcement for the City of Owen Sound are holding a strike vote in response to this city’s attempt to impose sever cuts to their collective agreement and reduce the number of members…
SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Thirty-six part-time library workers with the City of Sault Ste. Marie are asking their employer why they refuse to come to the bargaining table. The part-time library sub-unit of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 67 has been in negotiations for more than a year, with a contract that…
NORTH BAY, ON – Members of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 122, with the City of North Bay, have overwhelmingly ratified a new collective agreement. The tentative agreement was reached last week after multiple bargaining days, and has already been ratified by North Bay City Council. “We were really pleased to be able…
ESSEX, ON – In a strong show of solidarity, striking Essex County Library workers voted overwhelmingly to reject management’s so-called ‘last offer’ to send a clear message to the Library Board “that workers will not be bullied into accepting a contract dictated by management, and they will stand strong to reach a fair contract reached…
NORTH BAY, ON – Members of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 122, representing municipal workers with the City of North Bay, reached a tentative collective agreement overnight with their employer. If ratified, the new contract will take effect January 1, 2017 and will expire in three years. “Our members are so proud to…
ESSEX, ON – As the Essex County Library strike passes the 150-day mark, the striking library workers are urging the library board to return to the bargaining table with the full intention to conduct meaningful bargaining on the core outstanding issues – sick time and short-term disability, so a fair resolution can be reached and…
THUNDER BAY, ON – Members of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 87, who work for the City of Thunder Bay, have voted to accept their employer’s last offer in recent negotiations. This will conclude negotiations for the approximately 700 inside and outside municipal workers, whose last contract expired nearly two years ago. “This…
