(TORONTO, ON) A strike has been averted and 700 full time and part time front-line service workers have made important gains in a tentative agreement, says CUPE 3261. “I’m so proud of the members for the powerful example of workplace organizing,” said Allan James, President of CUPE 3261. “Thanks to their historic organizing, we sent…
TORONTO, ON – Contract academic workers at the University of Toronto (U of T) have given their bargaining team an 85% mandate in favour of strike action, strongly backing up workers’ demands for greater job security that will bring benefits to students as well as workers. Contract instructors and assistants (also known as sessional lecturers…
HAMILTON, ON – Teaching assistants (TAs) and research assistants-in-lieu (RAs) at McMaster University delivered a historically high strike vote last week, demonstrating that they are united in their conviction that the best post-secondary education is one supported by good jobs for the 2500-plus student-academic workers on campus. McMaster TAs and RAs, represented by Local 3906…
ST. CATHARINES, ON – The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) has reached a tentative agreement with Brock University on behalf of a group of workers who were due to begin job action on Monday. If workers ratify the deal, it will mean that students and their families can enjoy a smooth arrival on campus…
KINGSTON, ON – The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and Aramark Canada, contractor for food and hospitality services at Queen’s University, have reached a tentative agreement for workers at the university’s Donald Gordon Hotel and Conference Centre. Negotiators for CUPE 229, which represents workers at the centre, and for Aramark reached the deal following…
ST. CATHARINES, ON — After Brock University failed to make a wage offer that adequately reflects the contributions of its facilities management staff, members of Local 1295 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) are preparing to begin job action on August 22. The timing could mean a chaotic arrival and move-in for students…
KINGSTON, ON — A stark difference in wages paid to employees of the same company is behind a 96% strike vote by hospitality and food services staff at Queen’s University’s Donald Gordon Hotel and Conference Centre. Members of Local 229 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) voted last week to give their bargaining…
ST. CATHARINES, ON — After facilities management workers at Brock University voted unanimously over the weekend in favour of a strike mandate, their union is putting the university on notice that a fair wage increase and better job security are key to ensuring that operations on campus continue without interruption. Local 1295 of the Canadian…
HAMILTON, ON – McMaster University has jeopardized the success of students enrolled in its summer programs, first with its refusal to address the job security concerns of its contract instructors and then by starting the countdown to a lockout or strike. The university has requested a “no-board” report from the Ministry of Labour, putting a…
Toronto, ON – Now’s the time to finally repeal the Constitution-violating legislation which caps total compensation, including wages, for public sector workers to only 1 per cent, said the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario during a press conference. “The Ford Conservatives have simply done nothing to deal with the skyrocketing cost of living,”…
