Strike averted, TTC electrical and trades workers reach tentative agreement

TORONTO – After a weekend of intense negotiations, a tentative agreement was reached early Monday morning between workers represented by CUPE Local 2 and the Toronto Transit Commission. “This tentative agreement is a significant win for our members, reinforcing our commitment to their well-being and the safety of all Torontonians,” says Sumit Guleria, President of…

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Earth Day 2024

This Earth Day, we look back on a year that was the hottest since records began, and on the winter just past as Canada’s warmest ever recorded. As we approach summer, we face again the prospect of wildfires, drought, extreme heat, violent storms, and poor air quality caused by wildfire smoke. As the urgency of…

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65,000 Ontario hospital workers awarded 6% wage increase, benefit improvements in new contract

TORONTO – 65,000 Ontario hospital workers represented by the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions – CUPE (OCHU-CUPE) and SEIU Healthcare will see a 6% wage increase (3% wage increases in each of the next two years), improvements to health and dental benefits, enhancements to weekend, evening, and night premiums, and pay for periods of quarantine…

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With no progress at the bargaining table, workers at Nipissing Transition House deliver unanimous petition calling for a fair deal

NORTH BAY, ON – When North Bay women are in crisis and experiencing domestic violence, they find safety at Nipissing Transition House (NTH). But today, in an open letter delivered to the Board of Directors, workers at NTH made clear that they themselves face a crisis and that their services are not meeting the needs…

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CUPE’s hospital members adopt strong mandate to defend the quality of patient care

TORONTO – Hospital and long-term care workers represented by Ontario’s largest hospital union elected a new executive board on April 11 with a strong mandate to fight back against the government’s policies of underfunding and the privatization of surgeries and diagnostics. Michael Hurley and Sharon Richer were acclaimed as the president and secretary-treasurer of CUPE’s…

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“We don’t want to retire in poverty:” hundreds of SickKids staff and allies rally for a decent pension plan

The SickKids pension plan compares poorly to the standard pension plan offered by other hospitals in Ontario TORONTO – After more than a year of appeals to SickKids management virtually fell on deaf ears, the exasperated health care workers held a rally outside the hospital demanding a decent pension plan on Tuesday, April 9. They…

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