It is so good to be here today with you for this last session of your conference. From everything I’ve heard, it has been an incredibly productive and busy few days you’ve had together. I want to thank all of you for taking time away from your work and family to be here this week…
TORONTO – Ontario Children, Community and Family Services Minister Lisa McCleod, faced with a massive province-wide backlash against the Conservative Governments changes to funding for autism supports, failed to address the real problems facing families living with autism in her announcement today. “Families living with autism need public services and access to full supports, not…
Woodstock, ON – A tentative settlement on a new collective agreement for workers at Woodstock Public Library was reached last night, averting the strike scheduled for midnight tonight. Teams negotiating for Local 1146 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the library board agreed the deal. The union will not disclose details…
Update – Woodstock library workers and library board reach tentative settlement To: Sandra Carnegie, WPL Board Chair Councillor Deb Tait Councillor Connie Lauder CC: Karen Scott, Acting CEO Dear Ms. Carnegie I am disappointed to hear that the Woodstock Public Library Board is not showing respect to our library workers. The Woodstock Public Library is a…
TORONTO, ON – Members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 2073, representing workers who provide services for the Deaf, Oral Deaf, Deafened and Hard of Hearing community at 24 offices across Ontario, have ratified a new collective agreement with the Canadian Hearing Society (CHS). A vote was held across the province…
TORONTO, ON – The new permanent Moss Park overdose prevention site is a tribute to all the volunteers that have not only saved lives through their care but also fought to ensure our governments provide ongoing support to truly address the opioid crisis plaguing our communities, says CUPE Ontario President, Fred Hahn. More than a…
TORONTO, ON – Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 2073 representing workers who provide services for the Deaf, Oral Deaf, Deafened and Hard of Hearing community at 24 offices across Ontario, has reached a tentative agreement with the Canadian Hearing Society (CHS). The agreement comes after 18 days of bargaining and conciliation, beginning…
TORONTO, ON – It is no secret that the Ontario Liberals are not in robust shape as an election looms and that their Budget was designed to shore up their credentials as the progressive alternative to Doug Ford’s Tories. This being so, a wretched 3% increase for those living in deep poverty on social assistance…
TORONTO, ON – In the absence of government leadership CUPE Ontario has rented a large winterized trailer to ensure the volunteers working to save lives at the Moss Park overdose prevention site can continue to do their important work. “Our government needs to do more than track and talk about the opioid crisis. People are…
OTTAWA, ON – A Sunday spent in negotiations with a provincial mediator has yielded a tentative agreement between the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and Maison d’amitié, the francophone women’s shelter in Ottawa. The deal ensures that the members of CUPE 5237, who are employed by Maison d’amitié, will continue to deliver vital shelter…