With Bill 28 repealed, education workers need a significant wage increase and funding for services that would demonstrate government’s commitment to student success

Bill 28, Solidarity

TORONTO, ON – The following is a statement from Laura Walton, educational assistant and president of CUPE’s Ontario School Boards Council of Unions: “This afternoon, Ontario’s education workers have their rights back. With the shadow of Bill 28 lifted, education workers can now focus on achieving a fairly negotiated collective agreement that meets the needs…

“We can make life in Ontario affordable”: CUPE Ontario’s statement on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

Education, Solidarity

Every single one of us knows the moment we’re in, all too well. The cost of living is skyrocketing and our wages simply aren’t keeping up. We know it because it’s splashed on the front pages of every major newspaper. Because more and more workers are visiting food banks. Because our neighbours can’t pay rent.…

Education Workers to Enter Mediation in Pursuit of Student Success and Good Jobs

Education, Solidarity

TORONTO, ON – The central bargaining committee for Ontario’s lowest-paid frontline education workers will enter into mediation with the Ontario government and Council of Trustees’ Association (CTA) on October 17. Respected mediator William Kaplan, who helped this group of workers and the Ford government reach a settlement in 2019, will assist the parties as they…

Durham education workers near unanimous in strike vote amid stalled local talks

Education, Solidarity

WHITBY, ON – While two Durham-area school boards turn to unqualified staff to fill vacancies, education workers are united in their fight to improve schools, better serve students, and secure good jobs. Members of CUPE Local 218, representing 4000 education workers, participated in an historic strike vote alongside their 51,000 coworkers across the province. An…

“From every sector in our union: Solidarity!” CUPE Ontario sends a message of unity to OSBCU

Education, Solidarity

Members of CUPE Ontario working in healthcare, municipalities, universities, and in social services have always known the value of education workers. The 55,000 members of CUPE’s Ontario School Boards Council of Unions (OSBCU) – custodians, maintenance and library workers, secretaries, early childhood educators, educational assistants, IT professionals – working in publicly-funded schools across Ontario are…

Education workers, still at bargaining table, request ‘no board’ to reach deal for student success and good jobs

Education, Solidarity

Toronto, ON – Ontario’s lowest-paid education workers remain united in their fight for student success and good jobs. Education workers’ central bargaining committee returned to the table yesterday expecting to see movement that would address the workers’ twin goals of better pay and better services. On Monday, the results of education workers’ historic strike vote…