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…
THUNDER BAY, ON – Following another violent incident at a Thunder Bay Public Library branch, library workers are calling on their employer to take immediate action for worker and patron safety. “One of our members was hospitalized after an assault last week, and in the library nothing has changed to protect workers or the public.…
TORONTO – The bargaining teams for OCEU/CUPE 1750 will be waiting by the table in the Sheraton Center tonight. The union sent a number of letters to the employer demanding they return to the table over the past few days, but as yet have had no response. “The WSIB is going on the media saying…
MARKHAM, ON – Members of the OCEU/CUPE 1750 set up a picket line outside the New Horizons in Safety conference today. The conference, being held at the Hilton Toronto/Markham Suites Conference center, is meant to showcase leaders in occupational health and safety. Among the keynote speakers will be senior leaders from the WSIB, and Ontario’s…
SUDBURY, ON – The word of the day is solidarity in Sudbury, as picket lines form for two CUPE locals on opposite ends of the city. Members of OCEU/CUPE 1750 took some time before their picket shift to go down and support the picket line of CUPE 2073, who represent workers at the Canadian Hearing…
WINDSOR, ON – The union representing workers at the WSIB continues to be on strike, with picket lines in key communities across the province. In Windsor, the picket line has been set up outside local MPP Dowie’s office to help draw attention to the strike, and to remind the community that even though the WSIB…
MARKHAM, ON – Members of the OCEU/CUPE 1750 set up a picket line outside the New Horizons in Safety conference today. The conference, being held at the Hilton Toronto/Markham Suites Conference center, is meant to showcase leaders in occupational health and safety. Among the keynote speakers will be senior leaders from the WSIB, and Ontario’s…
PICKERING, ON – Members of OCEU/CUPE 1750 formed a picket line today in front of MPP Peter Bethlenfalvy’s office. The union representing workers at the WSIB have been on strike since Thursday after their employer failed to come to the table with a proposal that would address the core issues of workload and workplace culture.…
TORONTO – The Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU), representing over 57,000 frontline education workers, is raising serious concerns following the provincial government’s 2025 core education funding announcement, which continues to ignore the escalating crises in Ontario’s public education system. Despite claims of increased funding, the funding announcement fails to deliver the investment needed…
TORONTO – In public statements, the management team of the Workplace Safety and Insurance board has made a variety of false claims about the OCEU/CUPE 1750 members and their ongoing strike actions. The union is issuing this statement to set the record straight on some of the most deceitful claims. The WSIB denies plans to…
