The 2025 federal election and events leading up to it were unlike any we have seen before. Conservatives under Pierre Poilievre had led the polls for months, even though working people understood fundamentally that their leader was cut from the same cloth as Trump. Then a snap election was called after the Liberals crowned Mark…
DetailsOn this National Day of Mourning, we remember all workers who lost their lives on the job, who were injured or who were made ill by workplace hazards. We honour these fellow workers, not only through our remembrance but also with our commitment to the fight for workplaces that are safe and healthy. No one…
DetailsTORONTO – For any other employer, it would have been an unprecedented move: on the first day of conciliation, on the first day of bargaining, before any negotiations had even been taken place, they called for a No Board. But this is typical behaviour from Julia Dumanian and Canadian Hearing Services (CHS). “Since taking over…
DetailsTORONTO, ON – The announcement by Doug Ford’s Conservatives of the expansion of “strong mayor powers” to an additional 169 municipalities is further undermining the fundamentals of democracy in our communities and enables personal political agendas to “trump” democratic process. “This expansion is disguised as a way to speed up housing and infrastructure projects, but make…
DetailsPETERBOROUGH, ON – Following a city council demand for $120,000 in budget cuts, the Peterborough Public Library management has informed workers they will be laying off three of the library’s four full-time unionized librarians. “What management is talking about is getting rid of three highly trained people each with more than 15 years of service…
DetailsNIAGARA, ON – A recent survey of Ontario education workers including Educational Assistants, Early Childhood Educators, Child and Youth workers, custodians, maintenance and trades workers, and school secretaries represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) shows that a severe crisis in underfunding has led…
DetailsKINGSTON, ON – A recent survey of Ontario education workers including Educational Assistants, Early Childhood Educators, Child and Youth workers, custodians, maintenance and trades workers, and school secretaries represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) shows that a severe crisis in underfunding has led…
DetailsTORONTO – Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 4948 members have voted in favour of ratifying a four-year collective agreement, effective January 1, 2025, with the Toronto Public Library. The online ratification vote took place Saturday and Sunday, with members strongly supporting the deal, which secures significant improvements in wages, working conditions, and job…
DetailsMISSISSAUGA, ON – Against the backdrop of years of inflation and supressed wages under Bill 124, members of CUPE 5284 went to the bargaining table expecting a fair deal from Kerry’s Place. Instead, they were confronted by 25 pages of painful concessions. In response, the roughly 210 members of CUPE 5284 who are autism support…
DetailsCUPE Representatives to Expose Ford Government’s Home Care Failures London, ON – The crisis in Ontario’s home care system will be laid bare as CUPE representatives for Ontario Health at Home step forward to demand action. Michael Hurley, President of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU), and Brett Geneau, a CUPE Representative and Team…
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