HAMILTON, ON – 2500 Teaching Assistants (TAs) and Research Assistants (RAs) who do the bulk of the frontline instruction, grading, student consultation and research support at McMaster University, are working to avoid a strike by negotiating with the university administration to addresses poverty wages, precarious work and outsourcing on campus. The members of Local…
As Ontario’s community union, CUPE knows that a vibrant public education system builds strong communities and healthy economies. Yet Ontario’s post-secondary education system is in crisis. A university degree has become a prerequisite to pursue many job opportunities. At the same time, skyrocketing tuition fees and the lowest per-student funding in Canada are combining to…
WATERLOO, ON – Normal operations have resumed at Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) after striking custodians, groundskeepers and tradespeople voted yesterday to ratify a new collective agreement. “This has been a very difficult experience for our members who stood on the picket line, and I’m so proud of them for standing up for principles that don’t…
WATERLOO, ON – Custodians, groundskeepers and tradespeople at Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU), members of Local 926 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 926), are now on legal strike to defend good jobs and quality public services in Waterloo. “We put forward what we still believe to be a fair and reasonable solution to…
WATERLOO, ON – As supporters descended on the Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) campus, negotiators for Local 926 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 926) today proposed binding arbitration to resolve the impasse between the two sides. “There already is agreement on a number of issues,” said Allan Savard, president of CUPE 926, which…
‘Our goal is a negotiated settlement, but WLU is driving this bus to a lockout or strike’ on July 10, says CUPE 926 President WATERLOO, Ont. — With a university-imposed deadline of July 10 for either a lockout or strike looming, negotiators for Local 926 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 926) will…
Miscommunication around the University of Toronto’s decision to contract back in hundreds of foodservice workers is generating a state of fear that should not exist in the face of the facts. In a time when multi-national corporations continue to lead the charge in driving down wages and creating an economy based on precarious work, we…
Our universities are under attack. Privatization and contracting out is rampant in the sector. It will take every one of us to defend our jobs and maintain the quality of the services CUPE members provide for students. TAKE ACTION NOW. Please sign the following online petitions protesting the contracting out of caretaking services at Wilfrid…
ST. CATHARINES, ON – Food service workers at Brock University, members of Local 1295 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 1295), yesterday ratified a new three-year collective agreement with their employer, Sodexo. “It wasn’t easy and there were certainly some difficult moments along the way but our members demonstrated that you can make…
Copy of Letter sent to Andrea Bartlett, President of Ryerson Students’ Union Re: Immediate Reinstatement of Gilary Massa Dear Ms. Bartlett: I am writing to you on behalf of CUPE Ontario, the largest union in Ontario representing more than 250,000 members, including approximately 30,000 workers at universities across the province. I am also writing on…
