OTTAWA, ON – Striking workers at Carleton University will engage with young people and their parents who are arriving tomorrow to take part in the campus’s March-break recruitment event for prospective students. “It’s our opportunity to speak to potential Carleton students and their families as they cross our picket lines,” said Jerrett Clark, president of…
OTTAWA, ON – The union that represents striking workers at Carleton University has filed a complaint with the Ontario Labour Relations Board, charging that the university has engaged in unfair labour practices. “We are calling out the university’s administration for bargaining in bad faith,” said Jacynthe Barbeau, negotiator for the Canadian Union of Public…
TORONTO, ON – As a strike by York University’s academic workers enters its third day, more questions are being raised about the University’s refusal to negotiate with its employees. “For five days, York University has been missing in action,” Devin Lefebvre, Chairperson of Local 3903 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 3903)…
TORONTO, ON – As their strike enters its third day, York University graduate assistants, teaching assistants and contract faculty, members of Local 3903 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 3903), will be joined on their picket lines today by CUPE National President Mark Hancock. Beginning at 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 7, Hancock…
OTTAWA, ON – Carleton staff will see their numbers on the picket line swell today as some 300 fellow members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) will join the striking workers at 4 p.m. These representatives from CUPE’s committees and national leadership are in Ottawa to attend a country-wide union meeting. They…
TORONTO, ON — As York University management continue to rebuff attempts to get them to resume collective bargaining, striking academic workers today established picket lines around the campus. “Our members spoke very clearly on Friday when they turned down York’s last offer. That result made it obvious more work needed to be done and…
OTTAWA, ON – In a fight to protect their pension rights, administrative, technical and library staff at Carleton University will begin job action on Monday at 6 a.m. After negotiations with Carleton University broke off in the early hours of this morning, the union that represents the employees who “make Carleton work” expressed disappointment…
TORONTO, ON – Representatives from Local 3903 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 3903) will hold a press conference at the Queen’s Park Media Studio at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, March 5. Units 1, 2 and 3 of CUPE 3903 are currently trying to negotiate a renewal of their collective agreement with York…
TORONTO, ON – Following five months of fruitless negotiations, Contract Faculty, Teaching Assistants and Graduate Assistants at York University will rally for a fair deal tomorrow afternoon 12:30 pm, in York University’s Vari Hall. These education workers are members of Local 3903 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 3903). The union’s contract expired…
OTTAWA, ON – Determined to stand up for Canadians’ right to security in retirement, staff at Carleton University are preparing to take job action in defense of their pension plan. “Canadians know that they can no longer take their pensions for granted; workers everywhere, from Sears to Stelco, can attest to that,” said Jerrett Clark,…
