TORONTO – Janice Tofflemire is a proud member of OCEU/CUPE 1750, currently serving as a picket captain on the picket lines in Windsor, Ontario. OCEU/CUPE 1750 represents employees at the WSIB and have been on strike since May 22 after their employer locked them out. I attended an Injured Workers’ Day rally. The OCEU sent…
TORONTO – The bargaining team for OCEU remains fully committed to reaching a fair deal and ending the ongoing strike. Union negotiators have been at the bargaining table every day this week, prepared and available to bargain in good faith. Despite our continued presence and dedication, the WSIB refused to meet to engage in discussion…
TORONTO – The WSIB was founded as a no-fault, worker-centric system to protect the injured workers of Ontario–ensuring they would have both the financial safety net, and the services needed to recover from injuries and resume gainful employment; however, the WSIB has lost sight of their foundational purpose, and rather become an employer-focused business. On…
TORONTO, ON – Villa Colombo Homes for the Aged Inc. has hired replacement agency workers in response to the ongoing CUPE 5525 strike. Personal Care Workers at Villa Colombo’s Supportive Housing Unit began their strike action on Wednesday, May 28; instead of moving towards a resolution of outstanding issues, the employer has decided to disrespect…
TORONTO – OCEU/CUPE 1750 will join CUPE Ontario members and allies from across the province will march to the Ministry of Labour tomorrow to offer their support and solidarity to fellow members from three separate CUPE locals that are currently on strike. Starting at noon, over 1200 OCEU members in front of the WSIB head…
BARRIE, ON – The union representing WSIB employees is back in negotiations after the WSIB management finally returned to the table this morning. The union has been on the picket line since WSIB locked its members out of their systems on Wednesday in response to legal job action. While talks resume in Toronto, OCEU members…
TORONTO – Personal Care Workers at Villa Colombo Homes for the Aged Inc. are on strike as of Wednesday, May 28. CUPE 5525 members in the Supportive Housing Unit have been negotiating with Villa Colombo for over a year and have reached an impasse with the employer. “Throughout the pandemic, Villa Colombo staff worked tirelessly…
THUNDER BAY, ON – Members of OCEU/CUPE 1750 have been on strike since last Thursday when their employer the WSIB locked them out. Since then, picket lines have been forming across the province, including in Thunder Bay. On Monday, OCEU picketers were joined by fellow CUPE members from CUPE local 2486 and Rod McGee, vice…
GUELPH, ON – Members of OCEU/CUPE 1750 have been on the picket lines across the province for six days. In Guelph, the members on the picket line have been greeted with warmth and solidarity from members of the community who understand what they are fighting for. Yesterday, the picket line was joined by members of…
TORONTO – After a long night of preparing proposals, the bargaining team for OCEU 1750 was disappointed this morning to find that the WSIB management team was once again refusing to make time to engage in collective bargaining. The union representing caseworkers, nurses, back to work specialists, and claims managers at the WSIB have been…
