Hospital admission wait-times increase by 52 per cent over five years as government underfunding harms patient care TORONTO – The majority of Ontario’s 136 hospitals have carried operational deficits since 2022, and this puts an already precarious public system at risk, says new analysis from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). In Failure, By…
KEMPTVILLE, ON – CUPE 4154 and the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) criticize the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario’s decision to move forward with sweeping staffing cuts impacting education workers and students across the board. “These cuts are a direct attack on the frontline workers who support students and keep our…
CALEDON, ON – CUPE 966 and concerned residents are postponing the “Peoples’s Deputation”, planned outside of today’s council meeting, and will instead raise their concerns directly with Caledon Mayor Annette Groves in a meeting. The event was organized in response to council’s refusal to allow frontline workers to present a deputation regarding the proposal to…
Toronto, ON — CUPE 2 remains committed to reaching a fair agreement with the Toronto Transit Commission, following Wednesday’s no-board report issued by the Ontario Ministry of Labour, and emphasizes that it does not bargain in the media. The union has been in bargaining since March 25, but says the TTC’s current offer does not…
First responders are there in life’s most critical moments. When seconds matter and lives hang in the balance, Ontarians rely on workers who show up every day, often putting themselves at risk, to protect, safeguard, and care for others. Today is First Responders Day and CUPE Ontario and the CUPE Ambulance Committee of Ontario (CACO)…
On May 1, we join fellow workers and trade unionists around the world in celebration of International Workers’ Day – a May Day rooted in the historic struggles of our movement for dignity, justice, and power. The day marks the many ways in which workers have translated their collective power into tangible achievements that benefit all…
Waterloo, ON. – Sessional employees at Renison University College have successfully organized their workplace. A majority of sessional workers at Renison voted to join CUPE, joining more than 70,000 post-secondary instructors, administrators, and support staff as part of Canada’s largest union. Renison is an affiliated college of the University of Waterloo. Academic workers at the…
Markham, ON. – CUPE’s Extendicare Central Bargaining table is holding strategic planning meetings in Markham this week, one month after negotiations ended with Extendicare. The eight CUPE locals from across Ontario represent over 1100 Long-Term Care workers at various Extendicare facilities in the province. This central bargaining table sets the pattern for collective bargaining in…
April 28 marks the National Day of Mourning, a solemn day when we remember workers who have been killed, injured, or made ill on the job. This day stands as a powerful reminder that every worker has the fundamental right to return home safely to their families after their shift. The National Day of Mourning…
TORONTO – On April 28, the National Day of Mourning, members of OCEU/CUPE Local 1750 are joining workers across Ontario to remember those who have been killed, injured, or have become ill on the job and to call for urgent improvements to the systems meant to protect them. CUPE Local 1750 represents more than 3,800…
