KINGSTON, ON – CUPE 109 housing workers are calling on their employer, the Kingston Frontenac Housing Corporation, to negotiate a fair deal that would help them deliver better service to KFHC residents. “Throughout the pandemic, the housing workers went above and beyond to maintain optimum service delivery to residents,” said Adam Bol, president of CUPE…
TORONTO, ON – Ontario PC government legislation tabled today that will expand private and for-profit surgeries and procedures isn’t smart spending but costly policy that will increase costs, waits and death rates, lower patient outcomes and bleed scarce staff from public hospitals, says Michael Hurley president of CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions. “Throwing huge…
Ontario’s system of public health care is under threat like never before. Help fight back by signing up as a Public Medicare Defender with the Ontario Health Coalition. By becoming a Public Medicare Defender, you’ll be part of important work to stop the Ford government’s plans to privatize our public hospitals stop the loss of…
ST. CATHARINES, ON – Clinical Nursing Instructors at Brock University are the newest members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), following today’s decision at the Ontario Labour Relations Board. The decision follows a vote in November, when an overwhelming majority of instructors voted to join the union, which represents academic workers at most…
(Markham, ON) – Markham Public Library workers, members of CUPE Local 905, are preparing to walk off the job on February 10th. The 163 librarians, library services associates, digital library specialists, and borrow services staff at Markham Public Library overwhelmingly voted against a proposed deal from the City of Markham, primarily due to insufficient wages…
CUPE Ontario is pleased to join Canadians everywhere in marking the start of Black History Month, four weeks devoted to recognizing and reflecting on the tremendous achievements of Black Canadians and Black people living in Canada. In a special tribute this year, Canada Post has issued a stamp commemorating Chloe Cooley, an enslaved Black woman…
TORONTO, ON – The workers who keep Toronto’s most vulnerable pedestrians safe are now enjoying greater well-being themselves. The 386 crossing guards who are members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 5519 and employed by ASP Security Services voted last week to ratify their first collective agreement by an overwhelming majority with…
January 29 represents a tragic and shocking day in Canadian history. On this day in 2017, there was a senseless attack on Muslim men at prayer in the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City: a gunman, driven by the hate-filled messages of Islamophobia and white supremacy, killed six people and inflicted serious injury on many…
On January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, CUPE Ontario observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The day was designated by the United Nations to honour the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust, victims of anti-Semitism, racism, and totalitarianism. Millions of others, including Ukrainians, Poles, Roma, people with…
The Right Honourable Prime Minister Justin Trudeau January 24, 2023 The Honourable Chrystia Freeland House of Commons, Canada OPEN LETTER RE: Ontario’s Health System at Risk Dear Prime Minister Trudeau and Deputy Prime…
