OTTAWA, Ont. – Ottawa is in danger of leaving behind its poor and vulnerable residents if transit fare increases and cuts to homeless shelter services are passed in the next municipal budget, warn child care workers represented by Local 2204 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). Workers from all areas of Ottawa’s social…
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. – Social service workers from the Canadian Mental Health Association branch of Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge, recently voted to join the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). The 160 workers who provide mental health recovery and wellness programs for individuals and families in the Peterborough, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland and Haliburton area will now…
CITY OF KAWARTHA LAKES, Ont. – A dangerous and outmoded staffing situation at homeless shelter, A Place Called Home, is putting both residents and workers in jeopardy and the practice has become a major focus of concern for employees at the Lindsay shelter. The 19-bed homeless shelter provides accommodation and support to men, women, youth,…
A message from CUPE Ontario’s Social Service Workers Coordinating Committee The SSWCC welcomed today’s announcement by the Minister of Community and Social Services (MCSS) of an independent review of the problem-plagued Social Assistance Management System (SAMS). The announcement comes on the heels of Friday’s productive meeting between frontline CUPE members from Ontario Works and the…
SUDBURY, Ont. — Municipal child care workers today urged Sudbury provincial by-election candidates to support their call for new “mitigation” funding to keep Junior Citizens Child Care Centre open. Despite Sudbury families’ increasing need for after-hours child care and appeals by parents using the centre not to close it, the City of Greater Sudbury council…
SUDBURY, Ont. — Municipal child care workers today urged Sudbury provincial by-election candidates to support their call for new “mitigation” funding to keep Junior Citizens Child Care Centre open. Despite Sudbury families’ increasing need for after-hours child care and appeals by parents using the centre not to close it, the City of Greater Sudbury council…
TORONTO, Ont. – A landmark agreement reached by labour, government, and community living agencies will bring greater stability to the lives of people with developmental disabilities in Ontario as well as to the low-waged workers who care for them. On Saturday, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), along with other unions, government and agencies…
Not only is a national program of universal child care achievable, it is a must to support Canadian families, children’s well-being and the economy concluded participants at the Child Care 2020 conference in Winnipeg mid-November attended by a large contingent CUPE members, staff and activists from Ontario. What’s more, the over-capacity crowd of parents, early…
14th Annual Child Care Worker & Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day Wednesday, October 29, 2014 This year will mark the 14th Anniversary of our Awareness Day, which recognizes the education, skills, commitment and dedication of Early Childhood Educators and Child Care Staff. The Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care (OCBCC), the Canadian Union of Public…
The Raise the Rates Campaign presents: Ellen Clifford, Disabled People Against Cuts, UK The UK has implemented brutal cuts to programs for unemployed and disabled people, including denying disability benefits to thousands of people. Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) is has been at the forefront of fighting the cuts. Atos, the private company carrying out…
