(TORONTO, ON) With the Ontario government announcing an extension of closures for schools and child care centres due to the pandemic, education workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) in Ontario are raising concerns about access to e-learning. “We know that in the short-term, school closures make e-learning a reality,” said Laura Walton,…
Government says leaving childcare open in schools is “up to school boards” TORONTO – The Ford government’s efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 could make life more dangerous in Ontario if the government won’t also protect the children, families and workers in and around the childcare centres that operate out of publicly funded schools,…
TORONTO – Thousands of young people in Toronto’s public schools are being short-changed because the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) is playing games with their education, says the union that represents more than 13,000 support staff at the board. With hundreds of education workers’ jobs going unfilled in the city’s schools, TDSB is depriving students…
On Friday, February 21, four Ontario education unions representing elementary and secondary teachers and education workers will participate in a one-day walkout across the province. And we, all of CUPE Ontario’s 280,000 members, which proudly includes the 55,000 members of the Ontario School Boards Council of Unions (OSBCU), stand in solidarity with them. Nearly 200,000…
TORONTO – Refusal by the Minister of Education and the Council of Trustees’ Associations (CTA) to honour a key part of the deal they negotiated with the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is robbing students of much-needed services and keeping hundreds of workers from returning to the jobs they love, said the union. CUPE,…
TORONTO – In October, the Ontario School Board Council of Unions negotiated, on behalf of 55,000 CUPE education workers, a central collective agreement with the Council of Trustees’ Associations and the Province of Ontario. A major element of the contract was $78 million in annual funding to restore services for students and return 1300 CUPE…
TORONTO, ON – Education workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) in Ontario stand in solidarity with Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF) and the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) members and are outraged that the Ford Conservatives are attempting to divide workers in the education system. Starting on Tuesday, November…
Starting on Tuesday, November 26, the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO), representing 83,000 teachers and education workers, as well as the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OSSTF), representing more than 60,000 members, will begin work-to-rule job action. And we, the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU), representing 55,000 CUPE education workers, and all…
TORONTO, ON – Education workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) will appear at a Toronto Catholic District School Board meeting to oppose the renewal of the existing Long Term Disability (LTD) Benefit Plan which would increase premiums for members in favour of a plan which would reduce them. WHO: Presidents of…
MEDIA ADVISORY TORONTO, ON – Education workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) will appear at a news conference to announce the results of the province-wide ratification votes on the tentative central agreement reached on October 6. WHO: Laura Walton, President, CUPE’s Ontario School Board Council of Unions; a custodian, member of…
