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“Profit-taking will undermine patient safety and lead to higher death rates:” CUPE reacts to Etobicoke General Hospital’s decision to privatize housekeeping and ancillary service

OCHU, SolidarityBy Maryant Perez June 27, 2024

TORONTO – Etobicoke General Hospital is moving ahead with privatization of housekeeping, waste management, laundry, and portering services despite strong opposition from staff represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees. Earlier in June, the union organized a demonstration after hearing about the hospital’s privatization plan, which will impact 224 jobs. “The hospital is making…

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York Region workers to rally for work from home rights

SolidarityBy Maryant Perez June 25, 2024

NEWMARKET, ON – On Wednesday, June 26th, York Region flex workers will rally outside the Region’s administrative offices to advocate for remote work after the Region issued a return-to-office notice effective July 1st. Under the Region’s new policy, flex workers will be required to work from their offices 50% of the time. The event, hosted…

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“We have no choice but to work ourselves to death”: SickKids staff will rally for a decent pension plan on Tuesday

SolidarityBy Maryant Perez June 25, 2024

Union blasts hospital for taking 24-year pension holiday TORONTO – After 36 years of backbreaking labour at SickKids Hospital, patient service aid Leonora Foster has one goal before ending her career: to secure a decent pension plan for herself and her co-workers to escape the clutches of poverty in her sunset years. The staff at…

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Workers at Yorktown Family Services ratify new collective agreement, achieving over 18 percent increases for lowest paid

SolidarityBy Maryant Perez June 24, 2024

TORONTO – Last week, members of the Toronto Civic Employee’s Union, CUPE Local 416, who work at Yorktown Family Services ratified their new collective agreement in a unanimous vote. The outcome speaks as much to the gains in their new deal as it does to the organizing model members relied on. “We entered into bargaining…

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On eve of swearing-in, City of Mississauga CUPE members ask new mayor for commitment to a fair deal

Municipal, SolidarityBy Maryant Perez June 24, 2024

MISSISSAUGA, ON – Tonight, as Carolyn Parrish is sworn in as the new Mayor of Mississauga, CUPE members who work for the city will be in attendance asking for a commitment to a fair deal for city workers who have been bargaining for over a year. CUPE Local 1989, representing City of Mississauga Library workers,…

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Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre workers vote to join CUPE

SolidarityBy Maryant Perez June 21, 2024

Thirteen library workers will join CUPE Local 65 FORT FRANCES, ON – On Wednesday library workers at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre voted to join CUPE. “We’re happy,” said Joelle Barron, who works as a part-time library clerk at the library. “This has been a long time coming and we’re excited to start…

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CUPE Ontario statement for National Indigenous Peoples Day – June 21

SolidarityBy Maryant Perez June 20, 2024

On June 21, CUPE Ontario and the Indigenous Council mark Indigenous Peoples Day, a time to celebrate the strength, history, and powerful resilience of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people across this Turtle Island. Throughout this month and especially on June 21, we celebrate Indigenous achievements, diversity, and cultures. We recommit our union to deepening…

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Highlands East Municipal workers preparing for strike

Municipal, SolidarityBy Maryant Perez June 19, 2024

Highlands East, ON – CUPE members at the Municipality of Highlands East are closer to a strike after conciliation talks failed to reach an agreement. Local 4416 filed a request for a “no board” report, which could put the workers in a legal strike position by early July. CUPE 4416 represents 30 members at the…

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Developmental Service Worker Appreciation Week

CUPE Ontario in the Media, SolidarityBy Maryant Perez June 19, 2024

CUPE Ontario Statement There are 45,000 developmental service workers in our province and over 12,000 of them are proud members of CUPE Ontario. These workers are highly skilled. They are personal chefs one minute, therapists the next. They coach people through crises, attend to medical needs, and help them with their finances. They provide whatever…

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Windsor Public Library Workers, CUPE Local 2067.01, in Legal Strike position as of June 30, 2024

SolidarityBy Maryant Perez June 18, 2024

Windsor, ON – The members of CUPE Local 2067.01, representing seventy library workers at the Windsor Public Library, will be in a legal strike position as of midnight, June 30th, 2024. In March, CUPE Local 2067.01 members voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strike mandate, with 96% of the 75% of participating members supporting the…

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