Belleville, ON – Frontline education workers demonstrated outside and attended inside at the Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board (HPEDSB) meeting on Monday evening. Despite rising enrollment and this school board’s own projection that funding will increase for the 2022-2023 school year starting in September, trustees are cutting 11 frontline workers: custodians, maintenance, and…
Workers in developmental service continue to be on the frontline providing direct support to adults living with intellectual and physical disabilities. This year, CUPE joins unions across Canada in acknowledging Developmental Service Worker Appreciation Week from June 19-25, 2022. During this week, CUPE will share educational shareables and infographics, member stories and videos, and an…
Bracebridge, ON – Frontline education workers rallied outside of the Muskoka Education Centre on Tuesday evening, urging Trillium Lakelands District School Board (TLDSB) trustees to reject the proposed 2022-2023 board budget because it contained staffing cuts that will harm the quality of education for students. “We’re bringing our pink slips to the school board meeting…
WINDSOR, ON – During their annual Ontario School Boards Council of Unions (OSBCU) convention in the City of Roses last week, 300 frontline education workers from across the province contributed money to support Street Help Homeless Centre of Windsor. Today, representatives of CUPE Locals 27, 1348, 1358, and 4299 – made up of frontline education…
Barrie, ON — Municipal workers represented by CUPE Local 2380 have voted for a strong strike mandate of 99.5 per cent as negotiations continue with the City of Barrie. The union represents close to 600 municipal workers who provide a range of public services including water and wastewater treatment, parks and recreation, financial and administrative…
As Pride season begins across the province, CUPE Ontario is taking time to celebrate our victories and recommit to sustained solidarity and activism with the 2SLGBTQI+ communities. We’re recommitting because there’s undeniably much more work to do. We still need full access to gender-affirming care. The cuts made by the Ford Conservatives to trans health…
TORONTO, ON – With the provincial election results now in, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario is renewing its call for the newly elected government to chart a different course and commit to building the Ontario we deserve. “This isn’t the result we wanted given the terrible track record of the Ford Conservatives,…
“This year, we salute the strength and professionalism of our 15,000 members nationwide after another challenging year battling the COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainty and risks that came with it,” said Wesley Lesosky, president of CUPE’s Airline Division. Today, our industry is on the rebound, our membership is growing across the country, and we are…
TORONTO, ON – With only one week left until provincial election day, frontline education workers are warning of significant and avoidable staff cuts that have been announced for the 2022-2023 school year starting in September. “School boards are choosing to cut educational assistants which will lead to more students not having access to the supports…
Toronto, ON – Frontline workers are deeply concerned for children’s safety because Canada’s largest school board plans to cut hundreds of lunchroom supervisors in the 2022-2023 school year. “At a time when the Toronto District School Board should be hiring more lunchroom supervisors, these bosses who are up for re-election this fall are talking about…
