HAMILTON – When women, children, and families in Hamilton face violence, hunger, or homelessness and are in dire need of help, they turn to the workers at Good Shepherd. Now those same workers are calling out for help in the face of wages that have pushed workers to utilize food banks while taking on second…
TIMMINS, ON – Workers across various municipalities in northeast Ontario are joining CUPE after a successful union organizing campaign across the Northeastern Catholic District School Board. Approximately 200 new members from Cochrane, Cobalt, Kapuskasing, Timmins, and more are joining CUPE Local 4681 and CUPE’s 55,000 education workers across Ontario. “This is a great step towards…
While the Ford government plans to double private delivery of MRIs and CT scans, OCHU/CUPE says underused hospital operating rooms should be better utilized Stratford, ON – Hospital workers protested the Ford government’s rapid expansion of health care privatization outside Ontario PC MPP Matthew Rae’s constituency office in Stratford today. In June, the government…
STRATFORD, ON – In response to the Ford government’s plans to double private delivery of MRIs and CT scans, hospital workers will be protesting at Ontario PC MPP Matthew Rae’s constituency office in Stratford on Monday morning. “The Ford government says the status quo isn’t working – but it’s a status quo of their own…
SUDBURY, ON – Sudbury Catholic District School Board workers are joining CUPE after a successful majority vote and certification at the Ontario Labour Board. The approximately 270 new CUPE members at Sudbury’s Catholic District School Board include educational assistants, early childhood educators, administrative assistants, social workers, speech pathologists, chaplaincy leads and more. “I am thrilled…
TORONTO – Etobicoke General Hospital is moving ahead with privatization of housekeeping, waste management, laundry, and portering services despite strong opposition from staff represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees. Earlier in June, the union organized a demonstration after hearing about the hospital’s privatization plan, which will impact 224 jobs. “The hospital is making…
NEWMARKET, ON – On Wednesday, June 26th, York Region flex workers will rally outside the Region’s administrative offices to advocate for remote work after the Region issued a return-to-office notice effective July 1st. Under the Region’s new policy, flex workers will be required to work from their offices 50% of the time. The event, hosted…
Union blasts hospital for taking 24-year pension holiday TORONTO – After 36 years of backbreaking labour at SickKids Hospital, patient service aid Leonora Foster has one goal before ending her career: to secure a decent pension plan for herself and her co-workers to escape the clutches of poverty in her sunset years. The staff at…
TORONTO – Last week, members of the Toronto Civic Employee’s Union, CUPE Local 416, who work at Yorktown Family Services ratified their new collective agreement in a unanimous vote. The outcome speaks as much to the gains in their new deal as it does to the organizing model members relied on. “We entered into bargaining…
MISSISSAUGA, ON – Tonight, as Carolyn Parrish is sworn in as the new Mayor of Mississauga, CUPE members who work for the city will be in attendance asking for a commitment to a fair deal for city workers who have been bargaining for over a year. CUPE Local 1989, representing City of Mississauga Library workers,…
