“An unnecessary risk”: Over 140 organizations send Open Letter to Ontario Education Minister Todd Smith opposing his attempt to open up more of Ontario’s child care system to for-profit provision

Child Care, Education, Solidarity

TORONTO – Over 140 Ontario organizations – including small and large child care programs from across Ontario, churches, francophone associations, labour unions, post-secondary and research institutions – have come together to send an Open Letter to Ontario Education Minister Todd Smith today in response to his recent letter to federal Minister Jenna Sudds asking her…

Hospital workers demonstrate at Brockville MPP’s office against government’s expansion of private, for-profit hospital services

Health Care, OCHU, Solidarity

While the Ford government plans to double private delivery of MRIs and CT scans, OCHU/CUPE says underused hospital operating rooms should be better utilized   BROCKVILLE, ON – Hospital workers protested the Ford government’s rapid expansion of healthcare privatization outside Ontario PC MPP Steve Clark’s constituency office in Brockville this morning. In June, the government…

Hospital workers demonstrate at Hamilton MPP’s office against government’s expansion of private, for-profit hospital services

Health Care, Municipal, OCHU, Solidarity

While the Ford government plans to double private delivery of MRIs and CT scans, OCHU/CUPE says underused hospital operating rooms should be better utilized   HAMILTON, ON – Hospital workers protested the Ford government’s rapid expansion of healthcare privatization outside Ontario PC MPP Neil Lumsden’s constituency office in Hamilton this morning. In June, the government…

After a four-year long struggle for their first collective agreement, over 90 per cent of child protection workers at Kunuwanimano sign petition fighting for a fair contract

Municipal, Social Services, Solidarity

TIMMINS, ON – Child protection workers at Kunuwanimano Child and Family Services (KCFS) are stuck in an impossible position. Workers regularly experience violence or face threats and harassment while doing their jobs. But they’re also scared of being reprimanded for voicing concerns about their safety. With 15 workers currently on sick leave because of trauma…

Bargaining for the common good prevails!

Solidarity

CUPE Ontario extends congratulations and deep appreciation to OPSEU members, negotiators and leaders on the deal that has been ratified following the union’s strike at the LCBO. The issues at stake in this strike had an impact on all of us across the province. LCBO workers were engaged in a fight not only for better…