TORONTO, ON – CUPE education workers in Ontario served notice yesterday that province-wide job action will begin on September 10th. “Our members’ work is important to student success in our schools,” said CUPE’s Ontario School Boards Coordinating Committee (OSBCC) Chair, Terri Preston. “We need all parties to understand how serious our members are about the…
TORONTO, ON – The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), representing 55,000 education workers in Ontario’s schools, requested a no-board report on Wednesday, potentially putting its members across the province in a legal strike position the first week of school. CUPE’s no-board request was initiated after its demand for conciliation failed to produce sufficient bargaining…
TORONTO, ON – The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), representing 55,000 education workers in Ontario, has requested the aid of a conciliator from the Ministry of Labour in its central negotiations. “It’s clear we are going to require assistance to get these talks moving,” said Terri Preston, chair of CUPE’s central bargaining committee. “We’ve…
Byline: Diane Sherman Public school support staff of the Hastings and Prince Edward Department of Education have been working without a contract since August 31, 2014. Local 1022 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees is made up of 700 to 800 members employed as custodians, maintenance personnel, clerical workers, library and computer technicians, early…
TORONTO, ON – With the close of the school year upon us, the union representing 55,000 education workers in Ontario warns of widespread cuts looming in the province’s schools. CUPE has been analyzing school board budgets as they have been passed this spring, and a portrait has started to emerge of the impact of changes…
TORONTO, ON – CUPE’s 55, 000 education workers in Ontario are appalled at the decision of the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) to declare the teachers’ strikes in Durham, Peel and Rainbow Boards to be unlawful. “The Durham, Peel and Rainbow boards should have been focussed on getting deals at their local bargaining tables rather…
Toronto – CUPE Ontario is denouncing the provincial government’s move to introduce back-to-work legislation against striking teachers. “Premier Wynne committed to restoring labour peace after the disaster that was Bill 115 – specifically by respecting the collective bargaining process,” said Fred Hahn, president of CUPE Ontario. “Back-to-work legislation is the antithesis of respect for the…
MISSISSAUGA, ON – Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario, will speak at a rally in Mississauga tomorrow supporting striking high school teachers. He will be joined by CUPE Ontario Secretary-Treasurer Candace Rennick and CUPE members, as well as NDP MPPs and representatives of the Ontario Federation of Labour…
PEEL REGION, Ont. – CUPE’s education workers across Ontario are sending support and solidarity to the members of the Ontario Secondary School Teacher’s Federation (OSSTF) who began a strike at the Peel District School Board today. High school teachers at the Peel District School Board have joined teachers in Durham and the Sudbury region, who…
SUDBURY, Ont. – CUPE Ontario sends support and solidarity to the members of the Ontario Secondary School Teacher’s Federation (OSSTF) who began a strike in the Rainbow District School Board today. “We send a clear message of solidarity on behalf of all CUPE Ontario members to the teachers who are beginning strike action today…
