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,…
PETERBOROUGH, ON – A tentative settlement on a new collective agreement for Trent food service workers was reached last night between negotiating teams for Local 3205 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and Compass Group Canada Ltd., which operates as Chartwells at Trent University. The new agreement will come into effect pending ratification.…
TORONTO, ON – Tonight, contract academic workers at the University of Toronto have given their Bargaining Team an overwhelming 91% mandate in favour of strike action for Unit 3, Local 3902 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 3902-3), which includes non-student Sessional Lecturers, Writing Instructors, and Music Professionals. The vote came on the…
TORONTO, ON – Last week, the University of Toronto Students’ Union (UTSU), went ahead with a controversial 40 per cent cut to their staff positions, telling two young women, Vita Carlino, Clubs and Service Groups’ Coordinator, and Maria Galvez, Health and Dental Plan Coordinator, to pack up their things and go home. Mathias Memmel,…
TORONTO – In what may be one of the largest settlements of its kind for employees who have suffered a workplace breach of Charter rights, CUPE education workers have reached an agreement on “remedy”, or financial compensation, with the provincial government. The settlement comes slightly more than a year after the Ontario Superior Court issued…
GUELPH, ON (March 12, 2017) – The union representing trades, maintenance and service workers at the University of Guelph last night reached a tentative agreement with the University of Guelph. Negotiators for Local 1334 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 1334) reached the deal with the University late Saturday evening, averting a potential…
Union representing trades, maintenance and service workers calls employer’s latest offer ‘betrayal’ as two sides bargain in advance of Monday morning lockout/strike deadline GUELPH, ON – The union representing 240 trades, maintenance and service workers warned that negotiations with Guelph University are moving ‘backwards, not forward,’ raising the likelihood of a work stoppage that could…
ST. CATHARINES, ON – Negotiators for Unit 1 of Local 4207 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 4207-1) have reached a tentative agreement with the administration of Brock University late last night, averting a strike which would have begun this morning. The two sides reached an agreement shortly after midnight following a marathon…
UPDATE (February 24, 2017) – The lockout has been suspended as of 12:01am on Friday, February 24. This is the right choice, as it means the line of communication between the parties has been reopened. We are hopeful that the parties are able to find a mutually agreeable solution as quickly as possible. A…
