“Speak up to stop forensic pathology services closure” in Hamilton, Niagara, Dufferin, Haldimand and Brant, union urges area PC MPPs

HAMILTON, ON – In the wake of considerable controversy around a decision to close forensic pathology for Niagara, Hamilton and surrounding communities, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) today is calling on area MPPs, regardless of their political stripe, to unite and speak up to stop the closure. Dave Murphy, president of CUPE 7800,…

Open letter to parents offers education workers’ views on job action: “Like you, we want services that help children thrive”

TORONTO, ON – In an open letter to parents and families of Ontario’s schoolchildren, the union that represents 55,000 education workers has laid out the reasons that its members are preparing for potential labour disruption in September and asked for families’ support and understanding. The letter cites students’ right to “a high-quality, well-supported, and well-rounded…

Education workers, teachers, parents and students reject anti-migrant statements by Ontario Minister Smith

TORONTO, ON – Education workers, teachers, parents, students and immigrant rights groups reject recent statements made by Minister of Children, Community, and Social Services Todd Smith, linking increased refugee attendance in schools and education funding. Minister Smith accuses the Federal government of not shouldering its share of the burden for services for refugee claimants, but…

The Conservative government must conduct an independent review of the decision to close the pathology service for Hamilton, Niagara, Haldimand, Brant and Dufferin: CUPE

HAMILTON, ON – The union representing pathology staff is calling on the provincial government to conduct an independent review of the decision to close the department at Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation. “An independent review of the decision to close the pathology service for Hamilton, Niagara, Haldimand, Brant and Dufferin is needed after allegations that the…

Two weeks after the release of the Public Inquiry into the Safety and Security of Residents in the Long-Term Care Homes System, the silence from the Conservative government is deafening: union

TORONTO, ON – The union that represents the largest number of registered and care staff working in Ontario’s long-term care system, CUPE, called today for the Conservative government to immediately lay out its plans to study staffing levels in long-term care. “Two weeks ago, the report of the Public Inquiry into the Safety and Security…

With $8 billion more in cuts coming, Ford PCs “worse than Harris” London shorted 222 hospital beds, 1,762 staff, new report finds

LONDON, ON – When it comes to hospital funding, Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative (PC) government is “worse than Mike Harris” new data reports released in London today by the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OHCU) show. For Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative government to keep its proposed budget plan for the next five years, “it is…

Union calls on Conservatives to reverse both 2.3 per cent fee increase for seniors and real budget cut of more than 1 per cent to long-term care in 2019

TORONTO, ON – Ontario’s Conservatives are planning to raise the co-payment fees that long-term care residents pay by 2.3 per cent, one of the highest price hikes in the last decade. A middle-class senior in care will pay about $500 more a year. CUPE is calling on the provincial government to reverse those increases and…