Bradford West Gwillimbury Mayor Leduc calls in police to intimidate striking library workers

(Bradford, ON) – After 61 days on the picket line, Bradford West Gwillimbury Library workers and residents weren’t going to be silenced, said CUPE Local 905. “Open the library!” chanted supportive residents and workers when Mayor James Leduc tried to cut the number of speakers during Council’s Open Forum on Tuesday, September 19, even taking…

“From heroes to nothing”: Regency Park Long-Term Care issues layoff notices to seven workers

WINDSOR, ON – UniversalCare has sent layoff notices to seven staff at the Regency Park Long-Term Care Home, one of Windsor’s only long-term care homes in the downtown core. As long-term care (LTC) homes across Ontario struggle with staffing shortages, UniversalCare has cited ‘budget issues’ as their reasoning for laying off staff. The LTC workers…

CUPE Ontario Labour Day statement

This Labour Day, at the end of our “hot labour summer,” we celebrate the growing worker power that is flexing its muscle and making real changes in ways we haven’t seen in a generation. In truth, this has been a hot labour year. In the last 12 months, CUPE Ontario members and other trade unions…