Canadian Union of Public Employees President Fred Hahn and Ontario Council of Hospital Unions President Michael Hurley held a news conference Monday morning ahead of their rally dubbed “Restore Our Rights: Abuse of Power Betrays Heroes.” Hahn and Hurley says workers made sacrifices early on in the pandemic because it was a health care emergency.…
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We’ve never been so thankful for the front-line public sector workers who keep Ontario running — especially during such challenging times. They maintained the public services we rely on more than ever and took care of our loved ones. Working different jobs, they’ve helped keep our communities as safe as possible during the height of…
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The Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) is calling on the province to rescind emergency measures that have taken away the workplace rights of front-line workers. Read more here.
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“Written in the Bill 195, the government says the emergency is over, but unfortunately it is not over for the health-care, social services, waste-water and other workers whose collective agreement rights have been suspended,” Micheal Hurley, president of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions and the Canadian Union of Public Employees, said during a news…
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The COVID-19 pandemic continues to take a heavy toll on Ontario, the province’s finance minister said Wednesday, as he announced the government has nearly doubled its deficit projection to $38.5 billion in just three months. … We need more investment and support to help Ontario continue to manage and to rebound out of this crisis,”…
DetailsToronto, ON — The Ford government’s reopening plan, including the option for child care centres to operate at full capacity, ignores calls from parents, workers in child care, and unions to adequately fund child care centres for a safe reopening. “Premier Ford and Minister Lecce continue to show their contempt for workers in child care…
DetailsToronto, ON — CUPE Ontario is disappointed by the Ford Conservative’s announcement revealing a vague strategy to fundamentally redesign the child welfare system—without new funding in a chronically underfunded system, the plan is destined for failure. “Families and service providers are concerned—just last year Ford wanted to cut $28 million from Children’s Aid Societies. If…
DetailsChantal Kreviazuk, The Sheepdogs, Basia Bulat, Born Ruffians, and Tokyo Police Club latest to support the growing campaign to reform Ontario’s long-term care system TORONTO — SEIU Healthcare, CUPE Ontario, and Unifor, unions that represent healthcare workers across the long-term care sector, are proud to welcome Chantal Kreviazuk, The Sheepdogs, Basia Bulat, Born Ruffians, and…
DetailsTORONTO, ON—Ontario health care workers, angered that their workplace rights are being trampled on by the same government that called them heroes at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, will escalate political protests throughout the summer and fall. Beginning August 17, 22 regional rallies are planned in communities across the province. The protests are in…
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Today we celebrate Emancipation Day, which marks the legal abolition of slavery in Canada on August 1, 1834. Ordinarily, we would be marking Emancipation Day at Carnival, which is both a celebration of Caribbean culture and a symbol of resistance against oppression. But even though we need to practice social distancing this year, Emancipation Day…
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