North Bay hospital nurses, PSWs, other staff report high rates of violence, including 28% rise in assaults with weapons during pandemic; new CUPE poll

COVID-19, Health and Safety, Health Care, Solidarity

NORTH BAY, ON –Pandemic tensions are subjecting registered practical nurses (RPNs), personal support workers (PSWs) and other staff at North Bay Regional Health Centre (NBRHC) to high rates of workplace violence, a new poll shows. Polling conducted by Oracle Research on behalf of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) May 17-24, shows a disturbing…

Sudbury hospital nurses, PSWs, other staff subject to high rates of violence, including with weapons during pandemic; new CUPE poll finds

COVID-19, Health and Safety, Health Care, Solidarity

SUDBURY, ON –Pandemic tensions are subjecting staff at Sudbury’s Health Sciences North (HSN) and other northern Ontario hospitals to high rates of workplace violence, a new poll shows. Polling conducted by Oracle Research on behalf of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) May 17-24, shows a disturbing pandemic surge in physical & sexual violence…

Brampton hospital nurses, PSWs other staff subject to high rates of race-based violence at work; new CUPE poll finds

COVID-19, Health and Safety, Health Care, Solidarity

BRAMPTON, ON –Pandemic tensions are subjecting staff at Brampton’s hospitals to some of the highest rates of race-based and sexual harassment and assault-related violence province-wide, a new poll shows. Polling conducted by Oracle Research on behalf of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) May 17-24, shows a disturbing pandemic surge in physical & sexual…

Libraries’ drag story hours are about positivity & inclusivity: Statement from CUPE Ontario’s Library Workers committee

Municipal, Solidarity

As Pride month draws to a close, CUPE library workers in Ontario wish to express again their solidarity with the LGBTQ2+ community and the continuing fight for equality, justice, dignity and inclusion. And it is in this sprit of solidarity that we challenge and condemn the intolerance shown against those Ontario libraries that hold Drag Queen…

Education workers deliver 25,000 letters to Premier Ford calling for service improvements for students and better pay

Bill 124, School Boards, Solidarity

Toronto, ON – The day before Premier Doug Ford is set to see Ontario’s new cabinet sworn in, frontline education workers delivered over 25,000 letters to his office at Queen’s Park. The letters call for more education workers in schools to guarantee that service improvements for students are in place come September and real wage…

Hastings and Prince Edward frontline education workers call foul on school cuts

School Boards, Solidarity

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…