OTTAWA, ON – Contract Instructors (CIs) at Carleton University, represented by Unit 2, Local 4600 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 4600-2), have voted overwhelmingly this week to authorize job action if necessary to secure a fair deal at the bargaining table. The Union has been negotiating with Carleton since last summer, but…
DetailsTORONTO, ON – The President of the union representing over 20,000 City of Toronto ‘inside’ workers today urged the City to shift its focus from contingency plans to the place it needs to be – the bargaining table. “The best possible contingency plan is to negotiate a fair contract,” said Dave Mitchell, President of Local…
Details(TORONTO, ON) On March 8, CUPE Ontario joins numerous other organizations communities around the world in commemorating International Women’s Day (IWD). CUPE Ontario recognizes the importance of connecting global and local struggles, and of approaching various systems of oppression with an interwoven fightback strategy. Representing 280,000 public sector workers within the province, we are proud…
DetailsTORONTO, ON – The City of Toronto’s ‘outside’ workers, members of Toronto Civic Employees Union (TCEU), Local 416 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE Local 416) have ratified a five-year collective agreement. Ratification took place throughout the day yesterday. “We always believed that a freely-negotiated deal that was fair to the City and…
DetailsStatement adopted by the CUPE Ontario Executive Board March 4, 2020 CUPE Ontario is deeply concerned about the recent rise of hate directed at Indigenous people, in particular the land defenders of the Tyendinaga Mohawks, following widespread support from community and working-class activists for Wet’suwet’en land rights. CUPE Ontario calls on levels of governments to:…
DetailsHAMILTON, ON –The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 7800 has learned that Hamilton’s forensic pathology unit is closing hastily at the end of March, months earlier than the original proposed and controversial closure in July. The decision to end forensic autopsies at Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) is already riddled with “controversy, equivocations and contradictions…
DetailsA coalition of Ontario unions, coordinated by the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL), and representing approximately 270,000 thousand employees and over forty different unions, announced today that they have filed a constitutional challenge to Bill 124, the Protecting a Sustainable Public Sector for Future Generations Act. Bill 124 violates the collective bargaining rights enshrined in…
DetailsTORONTO – The union representing a majority of Ontario paramedics released a report today, detailing rising call volume and ambulance shortages in 22 regions. CUPE submitted Freedom of Information (FOI) requests in all municipalities where it represents paramedics and dispatchers, in order to track “code zeros” – times when no ambulance is available to respond…
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TORONTO – CUPE will release a report on ambulance shortages in Ontario Wednesday morning. CUPE represents the majority of paramedics in the province, with 5,500 members in the sector. Who: Jason Fraser, Paramedic and Chair, CUPE Ambulance Committee of Ontario Chandra Pasma, CUPE National Researcher Stephanie Taylor, Paramedic, Durham Region What: Release of report on…
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