Toronto, ON — Ford’s conservatives continue to fail parents during COVID-19. More than a week after the announced child care re-opening, no new funding to support child care centres during the pandemic has been introduced. “Ford’s plan to reopen child care centres is risky—he’s taking a gamble on the health and safety of children, parents,…
DetailsTORONTO, ON – Although they’ve provided therapies, tests and other key supports to patients throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of highly skilled hospital staff are still excluded from receiving Ontario’s $4/hour pandemic pay. In addition, none of the premium has flowed to the paycheques of staff the province has tapped as eligible. Today across Ontario…
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June 16, 2020 By Email OMERS Sponsors Corporation {SC) Board C/0 Michael Rolland, OMERS SC Board CEO. Dear Mr. Rolland: Re: COVID-19 and Proposed Changes to OMERS Plan I am writing on behalf of the Civic Institute of Professional Personnel {CIPP) to request that, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the OMERS Sponsor Corporation Board…
Details(TORONTO, ON) – With municipalities still facing immense financial impacts due to the crisis, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario is dismayed that in nearly a month the Government of Ontario has yet to respond to the union’s joint letter with the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) urging immediate support. The President…
Details(TORONTO, ON) – Workers at The Leap, a Canada and US-based organization focused on the intersecting crises of climate change, inequality and racism, voted unanimously to join Canada’s largest union, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). “We’re very excited that workers at The Leap have made this decision,” said Kristy Davidson, a CUPE representative…
DetailsThe Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) Sponsors Corporation Board of Directors will be voting on whether or not to scrap guaranteed indexing for members in favour of a proposal they call “Shared Risk,” on June 24. OMERS is a defined benefit plan for about half a million municipal workers in Ontario, including school board…
DetailsToronto, ON — Child care centres across Ontario remain closed today despite Ford’s announcement that re-opening could commence. “Premier Ford simply hasn’t given child care centres adequate notice, support, or guidelines – it took emergency child care centres three weeks to prepare for opening, not three days,” says Carrie Lynn Poole-Cotnam, CUPE Ontario Social Services…
Details(TORONTO, ON) The opposition to the Ford government’s wage restraint legislation, led by the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) along with a coalition of over forty unions, gained strength following Manitoba’s court ruling that struck down similar legislation. CUPE Ontario is one of the unions in the coalition who filed a constitutional challenge to Bill…
DetailsTORONTO, ON – Paramedics with the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) are raising concerns about non-medical grade masks that may have entered some Ontario land ambulance services supplies. Ontario’s health minister yesterday told media that non-medical grade masks introduced into the paramedic service in Renfrew County entered the supply chain through sources other than…
DetailsToronto, ON — An announcement earlier this week by Ontario’s Minister of Colleges and Universities is yet another abdication of responsibility by the Ford Government, according to the leader of university workers within CUPE Ontario. “Once again, we see the Ford Government announcing with much fanfare the resumption of a vital public service, with few—if…
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