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…
– Deal now proceeds to province-wide ratification votes – TORONTO, ON – Within a week of their union securing a tentative central agreement that restores vital services to Ontario’s schools, hundreds of school board leaders gathered near Toronto today and gave their endorsement to the deal. Leaders from the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)…
TORONTO – After an intensive weekend of negotiations, a tentative deal has been reached for a new central agreement, following talks between the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), the provincial government and the Council of Trustees’ Associations (CTA). The new deal secures services for Ontario students and improves working life for 55,000 education workers,…
(le français suit) Congratulations to CUPE Ontario’s School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) for negotiating a tentative collective agreement. For a week, 55,000 CUPE education workers have been taking job action to secure a fair agreement that ensures services for students and treats workers with respect. They have been holding firm, demanding an end to…
TORONTO, ON – The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) will resume bargaining today with the Council of Trustees’ Association and the Government of Ontario, on behalf of 55,000 education workers. Ongoing talks are aimed at ending the work-to-rule job action that will escalate to full strike on Monday, October 7th, if no deal can…
