Joint Statement from Educational Workers’ Unions in Ontario: Supporting Students with Autism
As parents, educators, front-line workers, education stakeholders’ and as concerned residents in Ontario, we strongly urge the government to rethink its rash decision-making on the Ontario Autism Program and put the needs of children with autism first. The Ford government’s reckless changes to the way it supports children with autism – in particular, its cuts…
PC health overhaul legislation explicit power to privatize services must be removed, says CUPE
TORONTO, ON – Despite assurances from the PC government that they will not use new health restructuring legislation to privatize services, “key sections of Bill 74 are designed to do just that,” warns Michael Hurley, the president of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions/CUPE (OCHU). One of those sections explicitly removes reference to keeping hospital…
CUPE education workers condemn Ford government hiring freeze as “starving students of support”
TORONTO, ON – The contempt that the Ford government has shown to children with autism and their parents now extends to all children in Ontario’s public education system, said representatives of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) in the wake of today’s news of a province-wide school board hiring freeze. The union warns that such a…
CUPE Ontario Secretary-Treasurer to Ford government, “the people of Ontario do not want cuts and privatization, focus on raising revenue in upcoming budget”
PETERBOROUGH, ON – Service cuts and privatization is a failed strategy that the people of Ontario have seen far too many times, CUPE Ontario Secretary-Treasurer Candace Rennick told a pre-budget committee hearing in Peterborough today. “Doug Ford likes to talk about the provincial deficit, he even tried to redo the math to make it seem…
Statement on National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
Every December 6, CUPE Ontario members recognize the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. 2018 marks the 29th anniversary of the tragic events that took place at l’École Polytechnique de Montréal, where 14 women were targeted and killed by a gunman. One of those women, Maryse Laganière, was a CUPE member…
Part-time and casual clerical staff at Toronto Western Hospital choose CUPE
TORONTO, ON – Over 100 part-time and casual clerical staff at Toronto Western Hospital have chosen to improve their working conditions and increase their job security by joining the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). Workers cited the need for a fair and equal staffing process, predictable and consistent scheduling, job security, and an…
As NDP surge in the polls CUPE National and Ontario Presidents come to North Bay to support Henri Giroux’s campaign
NORTH BAY, ON (May 25, 2018) – With less that two weeks to election day and the NDP surging to first place in the polls, the presidents of CUPE Ontario and CUPE National are coming to North Bay, Saturday, to help push the Henri Giroux campaign over the top. “Henri Giroux is a man…
