“We are poor, precarious, and need improvement in our standard of living,” Union Chair Erin Black says after members overwhelmingly reject U of T’s latest offer TORONTO, ONTARIO – The 6,000 members of Local 3902, Unit 1 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 3902-1) are now on legal strike against their Employer,…
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. – Continuity in the academic year was assured early this morning when the bargaining team for Local 3908-02 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) reached a deal with Trent University on behalf of 350 student-workers. The union will recommend that its members ratify the agreement in a vote to be held…
TORONTO, Ont. – Negotiators for Local 3902, Unit 1, of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 3902-1) have reached a tentative agreement with the University of Toronto. The agreement was reached in the early hours of Friday, February 27, after the two sides agreed to continue negotiating past a 12:01 a.m. deadline. Details of…
TORONTO, ON – Academic workers at the University of Toronto and York University will hold a rally on Thursday, February 25 at 3:00 p.m. outside Simcoe Hall on the University of Toronto Campus. The rally comes hours before workers at the University of Toronto will be in a legal strike/lockout position. The workers are members…
CUPE and OCUFA leaders urge Wynne government to ‘recommit’ to universities TORONTO, Ont. – Unless the provincial government starts to ‘re-engage’ with the university sector, students at Ontario’s two largest universities could see their school years jeopardized in the coming weeks, labour leaders, representing academic staff at York University (York U) and the University…
Union leaders from Ontario’s two largest universities will be joined by CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn and OCUFA President Kate Lawson TORONTO, Ont. – Officials from Locals 3902 and 3903 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) will update media with respect to the status of their current collective bargaining with their respective employers,…
CUPE Ontario’s university workers join local campus representatives to highlight underfunding and lack of transparency HAMILTON, Ont. – It’s a question you hear all the time on campus, especially when you break it down to its three-letter acronym – WTF or Where’s The Funding? Today, university workers, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees…
Click here to see photographs from Kingston Rally CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn lends his support in Kingston KINGSTON, Ont. – On Wednesday, January 28, Kingston residents and members of the Queen’s university community will be urged to show their support for high-quality services at Queen’s by supporting the workers who provide them. The call…
Click here to see photographs from Kingston Rally CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn lends his support in Kingston KINGSTON, Ont. – On Wednesday, January 28, Kingston residents and members of the Queen’s university community will be urged to show their support for high-quality services at Queen’s by supporting the workers who provide them.…
TORONTO, Ont. – In historic numbers, Sessional Lecturers, Writing Instructors, Music Professionals and Sessional Instructional Assistants, members of Local 3902 (Unit 3) of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 3902) have voted overwhelmingly to authorize ‘any and all actions necessary’ to secure a fair collective agreement with their employer, the University of Toronto (U of…
