HAMILTON, ON – The union representing staff in pathology at Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) is calling on the provincial government to reconsider a recent decision to divert pathology cases from Niagara to Toronto, by-passing Hamilton. The move to shuttle forensic autopsies from Niagara to Toronto, is the latest in a series of controversial and questionable…
PETERBOROUGH, ON – After hours of negotiations with Trent University management proved fruitless, the bargaining committee for Unit 1, Local 3908 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 3908-1) requested a ‘No Board’ report from the Ministry of Labour late Friday night. “We cannot negotiate with ourselves,” said CUPE National Representative Grant Darling, speaking…
PETERBOROUGH, ON – Part-time academic workers at Trent University, members of Unit 1, Local 3908 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 3908-1) have this week voted overwhelmingly to give their bargaining committee a strong mandate to take whatever action they feel is needed to achieve a fair agreement. This mandate includes strike action…
SUDBURY, ON – As bargaining resumed today, the President of the Union representing 140 Laurentian University food service workers, members of Unit 5, Local 895 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 895-05) had a message for the multinational corporation that holds the contract to feed students, faculty and staff on campus. “It’s time…
Toronto, ON – CUPE Ontario is thrilled to announce that Janice Folk Dawson, Chair of CUPE Ontario’s University Workers’ Coordinating Committee (OUWCC) has been elected as the Executive Vice President of the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL). Having served on the CUPE Ontario Executive Board for almost two decades, Janice, who is also the President…
TORONTO – A court ruling, striking down efforts by the Ford Conservative government to choke off democratically-approved funding for hundreds of Ontario campus organizations, represents a dramatic victory for students and workers at Universities across the province, the leader of Ontario’s largest union said today. “We were thrilled to learn that the Courts have quashed…
HAMILTON, ON – Negotiators for Unit 1, Local 3906 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 3906-1) today have reached a tentative agreement with McMaster University. The tentative agreement follows two days of bargaining between the parties, assisted by a Provincially-appointed mediator. “We look forward to bringing this agreement before our members so they…
HAMILTON, ON – Following a fruitless day of negotiations, the union representing 2,900 teaching assistants, research assistants, demonstrators, tutors and markers at McMaster University announced late last night they would be seeking a ‘No Board’ report from the Provincial Ministry of Labour. The decision by Unit 1, Local 3906 of the Canadian Union of Public…
TORONTO, ON – The Union representing part-time student parking, Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) camera operators and GoSafe (walk-home program) escorts at York University warned today that their employer is ignoring their own recent history of catastrophic labour relations by refusing to seriously negotiate with their workers. “Quite frankly, it’s extremely troubling that an institution that…
In the past few years, CUPE members have consistently identified sexual violence and harassment as one of the most important issues facing our members in the post-secondary sector. In 2017, CUPE members passed a resolution at convention calling for a toolkit on the topic of sexual violence at work. In late 2018, CUPE released the Stop…
