International Women’s Day has its roots in the labour and socialist movements of the early 1900s. Women’s demands for better pay and conditions, voting rights, and recognition resonated with women workers across borders, classes, and around the world. In 1977, the United Nations proclaimed March 8 as International Women’s Day – a day CUPE Ontario…
On December 6, CUPE Ontario observes the National Day of Remembrance and Action to End Violence against Women. The unspeakable tragedy that sparked this day was the murder in 1989 of 14 women, targeted because of their gender at l’École Polytechnique de Montréal. But when we look around us today, it’s plain to see we…
Global estimates show that more than 5 women or girls are killed every hour by someone in their own family. This is unacceptable. Being the most common human rights violation worldwide, violence against women and girls affects more than 1 in 3 women, a statistic that has changed very little over the last ten years.…
Toronto, ON – Frontline workers are deeply concerned for children’s safety because Canada’s largest school board plans to cut hundreds of lunchroom supervisors in the 2022-2023 school year. “At a time when the Toronto District School Board should be hiring more lunchroom supervisors, these bosses who are up for re-election this fall are talking about…
In the face of news out of the United States that Roe v. Wade could be overturned, CUPE Ontario sends a message of solidarity to outraged and frightened allies south of the border. We know that such a decision will unnecessarily endanger the lives of so many, with one recent analysis warning that a total…
On March 8, CUPE Ontario’s 280,000 members mark International Women’s Day. We do so in the recognition of its roots in working class activism, having emerged when 15,000 women marched in New York in 1908 for better wages and shorter working hours. Since then, women have won remarkable gains. But the work is not nearly…
LONDON, ON – In an overwhelming vote yesterday, workers at Anova: A Future Without Violence, in London, Ontario, chose to join the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). Anova is the largest gender-based violence shelter and sexual assault centre in Ontario. The agency serves and supports thousands of survivors every year through shelter, support, advocacy…
On December 6, CUPE Ontario’s 280,000 members mark the National Day of Remembrance and Action for Violence Against Women. This day of remembrance began in recognition of the fourteen women who were killed and the ten who were injured at École Polytechnique in 1989, but today we also reckon with the fact that the deep…
HAMILTON, ON – Frontline residential and community outreach workers at Good Shepherd Family Centre, Reaching Home and Women’s Services Hamilton, who are represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 5167, are exhausted from long hours, low pay, and acute workplace stress that has resulted in chronic understaffing, high staff turnover, leading to…
July 8, 2021 Sent Via Email Hon. Monte McNaughton Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development 14th Floor, 900 University Avenue Toronto, ON M7A 1T7 Dear Minister McNaughton, I am writing in response to your announcement that the Ontario Ministry of Labour will undertake an Ontario Workforce Recovery Advisory Committee. The Committee is tasked with…
