LONDON, Ont. – Mediation talks between the City of London and CUPE 101 representing inside workers broke down again this evening after the City failed, yet again, to move off from their previous positions even though the union put forward a substantive proposal to address all of the outstanding issues that led to the strike.…
COLLINGWOOD, ON – Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario, will join a busload of members for the Stand Up for Ontario rally in Collingwood this Saturday. “Thanks to this Liberal government, Ontario has the lowest public program spending in Canada, and we’re all feeling the effects. Hospital closures, turmoil…
TORONTO, ON – CUPE Ontario vowed to ramp up pressure in the fight against the sale of Hydro One as the government used its majority in the legislature to force through its omnibus budget bill. Bill 91 enacts laws that allows the Liberal-engineered sell-off of our provincial electricity system, Hydro One. Despite enormous public opposition…
SOLIDARITY RALLY & BBQ – TUESDAY, JULY 21ST CUPE 101, representing ‘inside’ municipal workers in the City of London, are on strike to fight their employer’s attempt to extract concessions from their collective agreement. The local’s 750 front-line workers, mostly women, feel targeted because other City workers, including fire, police and the outside unit, retained…
Opposition is growing to the Liberal government’s austerity, the Hydro sell-off and attacks on our public education system. Join CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn on Saturday for a rally outside the Liberal Party AGM in Collingwood. Let’s send a message to the Liberals that we need to stop the austerity agenda. Stand Up…
TORONTO, ON – More than one thousand people converged on Queen’s Park Thursday afternoon, calling on MPPs to cancel plans to privatize Hydro One. The rally took place as the legislature began its final clause-by-clause review of the provincial budget bill, which includes legislation intended to make the sale legal. “We are here to tell…
LONDON, Ont. – The City of London’s 750 ‘inside’ municipal workers, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), will be on the picket line Monday morning, after bargaining talks with management broke down once again this (Saturday) afternoon when the employer wasted an opportunity to settle this dispute by again tabling concession demands…
LONDON, Ont. – Last minute talks to avert a strike between the City of London and its ‘inside’ municipal workers have ended with the City maintaining their position to take away current provisions in the collective agreement of CUPE 101 – pushing the City’s 750 front-line ‘inside’ workers out on the picket line on Monday…
LONDON, Ont. – City of London management failed to back away from concession demands as contract talks passed the midnight legal lockout or strike deadline Friday night, making the likelihood of a service shutdown all but certain, says CUPE. “Our members are ready to take our struggle to the picket lines unless management moves…
