COBOURG, ON – As poverty deepens and more people in Northumberland County need support to navigate the cost-of-living crisis, community social services are more in demand than ever. Now those same workers who help the most vulnerable are facing a crisis of their own as management has trampled on their work-life balance and imposed wages…
CATHARINES, ON – Members of CUPE 150 and 157 collected 3,615 pounds of food in a recent drive to support Community Care of St. Catharines and Thorold. The unions, which represent outdoor and indoor workers for the City of St. Catharines, rallied together to help combat rising food insecurity in the region. With demand for…
What is the purpose of commemorative days? They offer an opportunity to express gratitude, but they’re also a moment to reflect on how well we as a society are meeting our promises. Members of CUPE Ontario are grateful to child care workers and early childhood educators every single day – for their skill and patience…
Kearney, ON – CUPE 1813, representing inside and outside municipal workers for the Town of Kearney (the employer), will meet to bargain for the first time since April. Kearney’s municipal workers have been without a contract since May 2023. The last scheduled meeting was April 30th, 2024, which the employer abruptly cancelled. CUPE 1813’s bargaining…
TORONTO – Ontario child care organizations, educators and families are speaking out against a group of for-profit child care owners who are staging rolling closures in the province. “It’s clear that there is growing backlash in the Ontario child care community against the tactics of this Alberta-backed group of for-profit child care owners this week,”…
BRAMPTON, ON — The Ontario Ministry of Labour has issued a “No Board” report, initiating a countdown to a potential strike or lockout involving CUPE Local 831 and the City of Brampton. The union, representing 1,200 municipal workers, will be in a legal strike position at 12:01 a.m. on Nov. 7, 2024; the city could…
TORONTO – It’s not often easy to put a dollar amount on the government’s failure to care for Ontarians, but the roughly one million people in this province who rely on social assistance know the exact figure they need. Individuals supported by Ontario Works (OW) are shy of the poverty line by $1,569 every month;…
TORONTO – Today community health care workers at the South Riverdale Community Health Centre (SRCHC) will rally to demand that their employer address the severe underfunding and understaffing crisis at the centre. After more than eight months at the bargaining table, SRCHC management still refuses to offer members of CUPE Local 5399 a real wage…
HALIFAX, NS – When Canadians are injured on the job, they rely on the expertise of workers from the Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB). If those workers are too overburdened, the care injured Canadians depend on is delayed. That was the topic of the recent WCB employee conference attended by members of the Canadian Union of…
OTTAWA – For 19 years, the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity (CCGSD) helped queer and trans youth find themselves, a sense of community, and safety. With the organization’s sudden bankruptcy announcement, that support is gone, passionate workers have been laid off, and queer and trans youth are left with one less advocate and…
