BARRIE, ON – On any given day, 50 people take refuge from the cold in a warming centre while dozens of others who use drugs, live with HIV, are part of the 2SLGBTQ+ community, or practice sex work find safety and community with workers at the Gilbert Centre. These workers save lives – but tactics…
TORONTO – Just weeks after a Toronto child care operator announced the planned closure of a centre, workers and parents are celebrating the reversal that will keep much needed Francophone child care spots open. This victory comes after a coordinated pushback campaign by workers and families to highlight the deep need for Francophone child care…
TORONTO, ON – A thousand workers at the University of Toronto, including maintenance workers, caretakers, groundskeepers, veterinary technologists, casual workers, student residence and foodservice staff, and others voted 93% to strike if their employer does not take action to address the rising cost of living and provide a living wage. “The cost of rent keeps…
CUPE Ontario welcomed yesterday’s decision that ruled the murders of the Afzaal family members to be an act of terrorism. Five members of the family were targeted and four were killed in a brutal act of hate carried out on June 6, 2021, in London, Ontario. The decision sends the unmistakable message that white supremacy,…
TORONTO – CUPE Ontario is demanding that the Ford Conservatives start the spring legislative session by repealing Bill 124 and ensuring their March provincial budget contains funding for a remedy to restore millions of dollars in wages lost by public sector workers when Bill 124 was in effect. The union is also echoing the call…
84 per cent of CUPE 870 workers say they are not staffed well enough to provide good quality care OTTAWA – Health care workers represented by CUPE 870 rallied outside the Perley and Rideau Veteran’s Health Centre today, demanding their employer improve compensation and working conditions to enable better care for residents. The union represents…
Black River-Matheson, ON – Following last week’s trespassing notice against striking Black River-Matheson municipal workers, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is challenging the effort to criminalize workers, according to the union. “These courageous CUPE Local 1490 members are engaged in a legal strike and they’re making a legitimate call for better wages for…
PEMBROKE, ON – Morale is plummeting, and workers are being chased from Community Living Upper Ottawa Valley (CLUOV) – but for six hours on Tuesday afternoon, frontline developmental service workers paraded through an office in high spirits. With 68 workers casting ballots, 97 per cent voted in favour of a strike if nothing changes at…
Doug Ford’s Conservative government must ban scabs if there’s any sincerity to his claims of supporting workers BLACK RIVER-MATHESON, ON –(COMMUNITYWIRE)– Two equipment operators were hit by two different scabs driving a pickup truck through picket lines on Wednesday. These are the second and third incidents of a motor vehicle being weaponized to attack Black River-Matheson’s…
TORONTO – Saying that the University of Toronto is failing to provide a living wage, contract educators, contract instructors, teaching assistants, and post-doctoral researchers have voted 94.4 percent in favour of a strike if their employer does not take action to address the rising cost of living. “We do the vast majority of teaching at…
