TORONTO, ON – Following today’s final recommendations from the province’s gender wage gap strategy consultation, the Ontario division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) called on the Wynne government to set clear timelines for implementing an affordable, publicly funded child care system. In the report released this morning, the consultation committee made child…
TORONTO – In the wake of damaging new details about the Wynne government’s decisions around the Social Assistance Management System (SAMS), CUPE Ontario has released the results of a recent survey of its members in Ontario Works (OW) offices across the province. The survey’s findings confirm that, despite the additional millions spent on the system,…
TORONTO, Ont. — From Windsor, to Waterloo, to Wawa, child care can’t wait! Ontario parents, ECEs and social justice advocates right across the province are launching a new petition and campaign calling for a universal, quality child care system. “It’s time to get the child care system that modern families need.” said Kim Gilbert, a…
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(May 5, 2016) – At a Queen’s Park rally, the president of Ontario’s largest union today joined with parents in calling on the province to stop cuts that are hurting children with autism. “We’re here today to call on Kathleen Wynne and the Liberal government to provide adequate funding for Intensive Behavioural Intervention (IBI).…
GUELPH, ON – CUPE 4325, representing 130 social service workers, reached a tentative agreement with the Family and Children’s Services of Guelph and Wellington County earlier today. The workers will vote on the tentative settlement tomorrow with the possibility of returning to work on Monday, if the agreement is ratified by both parties. The…
Unequal pricing for men and women provides a bittersweet lesson on the true difference between their wages TORONTO – The true cost of the gender wage gap will be underlined in dollars and cents when representatives of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) set up the “Gender Pay Gap Bake Shop” at…
‘Instead of helping our community, our employer is more interested in keeping staff and users under their thumbs,’ says CUPE 4772 President TORONTO, ON – Members of Local 4772 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 4772) were today joined by community supporters at a rally in front of the San Romanoway Revitalization Association…
GUELPH, ON – CUPE 4325, representing 130 social service workers, reached a tentative agreement with the Family and Children’s Services of Guelph and Wellington County earlier today. The workers will vote on the tentative settlement tomorrow with the possibility of returning to work on Monday, if the agreement is ratified by both parties. The workers…
GUELPH, ON – After repeated attempts by CUPE asking management to return to the bargaining table, management at Family and Children’s Services of Guelph and Wellington County is pushing workers on strike by flatly rejecting the union’s latest invitation to meet this morning (Saturday) at 10:00 a.m. Picket lines will go up on Monday, April…
GUELPH, ON – Frontline Children’s Aid Society (CAS) workers at Family and Children’s Services of Guelph and Wellington County rejected management’s ‘final’ offer in a ratification vote last night and union representatives have asked the employer to return to the bargaining table to resume negotiations in an effort to avert a service shutdown as early…
