NORTH BAY, ON – Frontline child protection worker and administrative and support staff, locked out of their jobs by Nipissing and Parry Sound children’s aid society, will begin the first day of their lockout with a strong show of solidarity by the workers themselves and support from their allies from communities in the districts of…
NORTH BAY and PARRY SOUND, ON – Representatives of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) expressed concern and disappointment that the Children’s Aid Society (CAS) of the District of Nipissing and Parry Sound had allowed yesterday’s mediation talks to break off without progress towards a deal that protects the region’s child welfare services. “The…
NORTH BAY and PARRY SOUND, ON – A spokesperson for child protection workers at the Children’s Aid Society (CAS) of the District of Nipissing and Parry Sound is calling on the society to address the obstacles to providing high-quality child protection services in the north and to stop focusing on “non-issues” that prevent both sides…
MISSISSAUGA, ON – Striking workers from the Children’s Aid Society of the Region of Peel (Peel CAS) overwhelmingly rejected the latest “final offer” from their employer due to its failure to address workload and joint job evaluation concerns that would prevent children from falling through the cracks. The supervised vote was called by Peel…
MISSISSAUGA, ON – After a month of refusing to negotiate with striking workers and rejecting a request for binding arbitration, Children’s Aid Society of the Region of Peel (Peel CAS) has submitted a ‘final offer’ to the members of Local 4914 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 4914). Instead of waiting for a…
MISSISSAUGA, ON – One month has passed since striking workers from Local 4914 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 4914) and management from Region of Peel Children’s Aid Society (Peel CAS) have met at the bargaining table to work to resolve a strike that is now entering its 11th week. With the holidays…
TORONTO, ON – Striking workers from the Region of Peel Children’s Aid Society (Peel CAS) were at Queen’s Park today to ask the government to do what it can to break the deadlock in their ten-week-long strike. Members of Local 4914 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 4914) which represents 435 front-line, administrative…
TORONTO, ON – Ontario MPPs will address Queen’s Park on Tuesday, November 22, in an attempt to break the deadlock in a strike between the Children’s Aid Society of the Region of Peel (Peel CAS) and CUPE Local 4914 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 4914), which represents 435 front-line, administrative and support…
ESSEX, ON – As the Essex County Library strike passes the 150-day mark, the striking library workers are urging the library board to return to the bargaining table with the full intention to conduct meaningful bargaining on the core outstanding issues – sick time and short-term disability, so a fair resolution can be reached and…
MISSISSAUGA, ON – A nine-week long strike between the Children’s Aid Society of the Region of Peel (Peel CAS) and the union representing 435 front-line, administrative and support staff will continue after Peel CAS rejected a proposal to send all outstanding issues to binding arbitration. “We have been informed by the provincially-appointed conciliation officer…
