GUELPH, ON – After being mandated to accept zero per cent wage increases in their last contract and discovering that senior management received a 9 per cent wage increase in one year alone during the same period, frontline Children’s Aid Society (CAS) workers at Family and Children’s Services of Guelph and Wellington County are standing…
WINDSOR, ON – A group of Windsor families, child care centre operators and child care professionals dropped off a 5,000-signature child care petition yesterday the office of MPP Lisa Gretzky and used the occasion to take Education Minister Liz Sandals to task over her recent comments on proposed changes to existing child care regulations. In…
SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – Sault Ste. Marie City councillors have dealt a devastating blow to the families of some 100 children who attend city-operated child care centres, as council voted 9 to 4 last night to get out of the day care business by the end of 2017. The move ends a 40-year tradition…
New regulations work against children’s development, child safety and availability of infant care spaces WINDSOR, ON – Worried families, nursery operators and child care professionals joined forces today with Windsor-area elected representatives to demand that the provincial government re-think harmful changes to the regulations that govern licensed child care standards in Ontario. The issue has…
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — Mental health services in Haliburton, Kawartha and Pine Ridge will benefit from the stability that a fair and reasonable settlement for workers will bring, say representatives of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). The union’s efforts to reach a fair and reasonable agreement for its members at the local branch of…
TORONTO, ON – Child welfare workers worry that the province’s flawed new computer system could endanger children and youth under their care. The workers will seek to have their concerns about the Child Protection Information Network (CPIN) addressed today as part of the Toronto inquest into the death of seven-year-old Katelynn Sampson in 2008. Jordan…
Despite facing tough times, this Holiday Season, members of CUPE 4772 have plenty to celebrate TORONTO, ON – With the New Year fast approaching, the employees, who make the San Romanoway Revitalization Association (SRRA) a vital part of the Jane-Finch community, are celebrating more than just the holidays this December 4. The workers, members of Local…
System’s first anniversary offers no relief for Ontarians relying on social assistance, say frontline workers TORONTO, ON – One year on from the introduction of a problem-plagued computer system at Ontario Works, workers across the province continue to hold the Wynne government to account over the Social Assistance Management System (SAMS). This month, members…
TORONTO, ON – After three months on the picket line, the strike between the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto (CAST) and their Emergency After Hours Staff (EAHS) workers, members of Local 2316.1 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 2316.1), will end tomorrow. The two sides have agreed to send all outstanding issues to…
