Union protests COVID-19 emergency measures
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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Unions rally against Ontario’s Bill 195
“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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Ontario budget deficit projected to jump to $38.5B in 2020-2021
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,”…
DetailsPremier Ford and Minister Lecce neglect child care in school reopening plan
Toronto, 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…
DetailsOntario government announces flawed, out-of-touch child welfare overhaul
Toronto, 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…
DetailsMore Canadian musicians adding their voice in support of the “CARE NOT PROFITS” advocacy campaign to reinvest profits back into Ontario’s long-term care system
Chantal 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…
DetailsOntario health care workers announce 22 political protests against the PC government’s removal of their basic workplace rights
TORONTO, 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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“On this day we recommit to fighting anti-Black racism everywhere”: CUPE Ontario’s Emancipation Day statement
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…
DetailsCheap won’t keep Ontario students and staff safe from COVID in reopened schools: CUPE – Education workers demand more funding for post-COVID schools –
Read the CUPE and safe school reopening bulletin here TORONTO – Ontario schools need vastly more investment for staffing and supplies to make them safe for students’ return in September, as well as shield them against the effects of a second wave of COVID-19, says the union that represents 55,000 education workers in the province.…
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LTC: Expert panel says increase staffing, regulate hours of care
An expert panel appointed by Ontario’s Conservative government is echoing what advocates have long called for: Increased staffing in long-term care homes to provide a minimum average of four-hours of care a day for residents. The long-awaited long-term care staffing study underscores that more funding will be needed to achieve the goal. One estimate from…
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