Statement from CUPE/OSBCU bargaining team about latest developments in negotiations

TORONTO, ON – The following statement was issued by Laura Walton, president of the Ontario School Board Council of Unions, the designated bargaining agent charged with negotiating a central collective agreement on behalf of 55,000 education workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). Today the CUPE/OSBCU bargaining team met with the Council…

CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn to Launch Province Wide Community based Campaign to stop the Ford Conservative Government Cuts

TORONTO, ON – Fred Hahn, President of CUPE Ontario, will hold a press conference on Monday, September 9th at Queen’s Park to launch a province wide community based & multi sector campaign to stop the Ford Conservative Government Cuts. This community focused campaign will provide support to local activists in communities across the province to…

Labour Day 2019

Dear CUPE Ontario members, Without Ontario’s labour movement, many of the advances our province has made toward becoming a more prosperous and fair society would not have happened.  This Labour Day, we remember with gratitude the work of generations of trade unionists to advance the rights, working conditions and public services we enjoy today. But…

Hallway medicine to end in a year, says Premier, but with $8 billion more in cuts coming, new report finds Durham Region shorted 40 hospital beds, 778 staff

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

Hallway medicine to end in a year, says Premier, but with $8 billion more in cuts coming, new report finds Huron Perth shorted 21 hospital beds, 140 staff

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

“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…