TORONTO – After ten weeks of walking the picket line, the 24 members of CUPE Local 5525 Villa Colombo Supportive Housing, are finally returning to work. The workers had been on strike since May 28th. The union and the employer reached a tentative agreement on Friday, August 1st, with the union members ratifying the vote…
Toronto – As negotiations between CUPE 5525 and Villa Colombo Homes for the Aged continued on Friday, the picket line in front of 3050 Dufferin Street was reinforced by the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions. OCHU president Michael Hurley and CUPE Ontario President Yolanda McLean joined the members of 5525, for a late morning rally…
TORONTO – The union representing striking workers at the Villa Charities owned Villa Colombo Homes for the Aged in Toronto are hopeful that their strike, now in it’s second month, might soon come to an end. The 25 personal care workers of CUPE Local 5525 have been on strike since May 28th, after talks broke…
Toronto – Over one hundred CUPE members from around the GTA gathered outside the Villa Charities owned property at the corner of Dufferin and Lawrence Avenue West to bolster the picket line of CUPE 5525. The 25 members of CUPE 5525 have been on strike since the 28th of March after negotiations to secure…
Toronto – Today is the eighth week of picketing for CUPE local 5525. To mark the occasion, the 24 racialized Personal Care Workers of CUPE 5525, welcomed NDP Shadow Minister for Labour, Jamie West and Michelle Campbell, President of CUPE 1734, to their picket line. The workers have been on the picket lines since May…
TORONTO – The members of CUPE Local 5525 have been on strike since May 28th, after rejecting an offer riddled with concessions that attack their benefits, and this strike denies the workers the tools they need to provide safe and respectful care to their clients. The employer, Villa Colombo Homes for the Aged, hired replacement (scab)…
Toronto – Striking workers from the Villa Colombo Supportive Housing Unit are thankful that their struggle isn’t going unnoticed by the wider labour movement. These personal care workers are members of CUPE 5525 and have been on the picket line since May 28th outside the care residences, operated by Villa Colombo Home for the Aged…
Toronto – Striking workers from the Villa Colombo Supportive Housing Unit are thankful that their struggle isn’t going unnoticed by the wider labour movement. These personal care workers are members of CUPE 5525 and have been on the picket line since May 28th outside the care residences, operated by Villa Colombo Home for the Aged…
Toronto – The long awaited federal anti-scab legislation, comes into force today, making it illegal for federally regulated employers to employ replacement workers, also known as scabs during a strike or lock out. While this milestone is a great step in the right direction for workers in Canada, it is cold comfort for the 25…
TORONTO, ON – Villa Colombo Homes for the Aged Inc. has hired replacement agency workers in response to the ongoing CUPE 5525 strike. Personal Care Workers at Villa Colombo’s Supportive Housing Unit began their strike action on Wednesday, May 28; instead of moving towards a resolution of outstanding issues, the employer has decided to disrespect…
