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CUPE Ontario president to address education workers on the eve of strike at CSDCEO
L’ORIGNAL (Ontario) – The president of the Ontario division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) will address members of CUPE local 4155 at their meeting tomorrow, Saturday, February 4 in St. Albert. President Fred Hahn will deliver a message of solidarity and encouragement to the education workers at the eastern Ontario school board…
Strike looms at eastern Ontario Catholic school board CSDCEO
L’ORIGNAL, ON – Eastern Ontario school board Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l’Est ontarien (CSDCEO) is still the only school board in Ontario without a local collective agreement with its education workers, but now its refusal to reach a deal at the bargaining table has taken its employees – members of Local 4155 of…
Statement of solidarity with York Region parents
Racism is unacceptable. Recent events in the York Region District School Board – including a series of Islamophobic posts on social media by a school principal and a York Region trustee publicly using a racial slur against a black parent – have highlighted the need for immediate action to address systemic racism in our schools. …
Blaisdale Montessori school workers ratify first collective agreement to improve working and learning conditions
OSHAWA, Ont. – Blaisdale Montessori school staff, who are members of CUPE 5257, voted last night to accept a first collective agreement that will include wage increases, sick leave improvements and other advancements that will improve working and learning conditions at the eight Blaisdale campuses across Durham and Scarborough, says the Canadian Union of Public…
Blaisdale Montessori school workers reach tentative contract
OSHAWA, ON – After a lengthy marathon bargaining session, Blaisdale Montessori school workers, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), reached a tentative first collective agreement with their employer. “This has been a long journey and we are glad that we were able to reach a tentative first collective agreement,” said Katie Massie,…
Blaisdale Montessori school workers urge management to bargain and avert a service disruption
OSHAWA, ON – As students and staff return to schools this week after the holiday break, 970 students at Blaisdale Montessori schools could be facing possible school closures starting next week if mediation talks between CUPE 5257 and management, scheduled for Friday, January 13, fail to reach a fair collective agreement, says the Canadian Union…
CUPE education workers reach tentative contract extension with province
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Jan. 7, 2017) – Education workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) will be voting on a tentative contract extension reached in talks with the provincial government and the Council of Trustee Associations. Local leaders met in Toronto today to discuss the outcome of those talks, and they agreed…
CUPE stands with parents from across Ontario to protect community schools
TORONTO, ON – Local community schools are becoming yet another casualty of the broken funding formula that does not factor in the true cost of providing the quality education our children need, said CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn, speaking at a Queen’s Park rally, organized by the Ontario Alliance Against School Closures. “High quality…
Open letter to Education Minister Mitzie Hunter regarding ongoing school closures
CUPE Ontario is a signatory to the Ontario Alliance Against School Closure’s open letter to the Minister of Education, Mitzie Hunter, protesting ongoing school closures across the province. The text of the letter can be found below. October 25, 2016 Open Letter to Minister of Education, Mitzie Hunter The Honourable Minister of Education,…
