Successful Advocacy Campaign Brings Resolution to Scheduling Conflict at Glen Stor Dun Lodge

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Cornwall, ON – The Union representing staff at Glen Stor Dun Lodge in Cornwall, are celebrating after reaching an agreement with the employer that ensures the highest quality of care for the residents. Members of CUPE Local 1792 met with the management of the lodge last week to iron out a deal ensuring fair and accurate scheduling at the municipally run care facility. These negotiations came about after union members held multiple rallies and…

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Bill 60 becomes law: Ontario water at risk as government rushes privatization and deregulation

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TORONTO – The Ford Conservatives rushed to pass Bill 60 today, a move the Keep Water Public coalition says will make water less safe and less affordable for all Ontarians. Keep Water Public is a campaign opposing legislation that erodes public health protections and provides corporate control of Ontario’s water system. The Conservative’s omnibus Bill…

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Ontario’s school boards need funding and accountability, not random Conservative schemes: CUPE Ontario

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TORONTO—With Ontario’s Minister of Education doubling down on creating chaos across the province’s school boards – and undermining local democratic control in the process – CUPE Ontario is reminding the government that Ontarians blame Conservatives’ underfunding, not school board trustees, for cuts in schools and the continuing lack of services for students. Commenting on Minister…

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Keep Water Public coalition: Conservative government’s Bill 60 turns water into a business and threatens public health

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TORONTO – With the Ford Conservatives expected to pass Bill 60, the Keep Water Public coalition warns the legislation risks making water less affordable and less safe, eroding public-health protections and allowing corporate-control to raise water rates. Keep Water Public is a campaign by The Council of Canadians, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment…

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Peterborough Retirement Home Workers Hold Strike Vote Over Stagnant Wages and Chronic Understaffing

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Peterborough, On – The members of CUPE Local 5129, representing workers at the Atira-owned Sherbrooke Heights independent living facility in Peterborough, held a strike vote last night. This comes as the parties have failed to make any meaningful headway on wages for the 34 workers at the facility. “The employer runs a skeleton crew, pays…

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Limestone DSB education workers call for urgent action as staff and students face daily violence amid understaffing crisis

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KINGSTON, ON – Education workers with the Limestone District School Board (LDSB) are calling on school board management and trustees to take immediate action to address the rampant violence that frontline education workers are facing every single day. “Violent outbursts have become part of the daily routine,” said Brenda Price, President of CUPE Local 1480.…

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New academic research shows privatization of surgeries in England exacerbated inequalities and lengthened wait-times, offers lessons for Ontario

Public Health Matters, Solidarity

Shortcomings of two decades of privatization in England must be learnt by Ontario before it’s too late, warn advocates London, ON – The privatization of hospital surgeries in England led to growing inequality, longer wait-times and disruption of services in the public health care system, according to new academic reports. Allyson Pollock, co-author of the reports…

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A tale of two countries: new academic reports show Scotland’s public hospitals proved superior at surgical care to privatization in England

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Shortcomings of two decades of privatization in England must be learnt by Ontario before it’s too late, warn advocates TORONTO – Public hospitals in Scotland were more egalitarian and efficient at reducing surgical wait-times than private clinics and hospitals contracted out by England’s health system, according to new academic reports. Allyson Pollock, co-author of the reports…

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Billions siphoned to wealthy, corporations, as Ontarians struggle with affordability, unemployment: CUPE Ontario comment on FES

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TORONTO—As millions in the province struggle to pay rent, buy groceries, and find jobs that let them make ends meet, the Ford Conservatives are playing a shell game of hidden tax dodges and loopholes that benefit the rich and big business, said CUPE Ontario in its review of today’s Fall Economic Statement (FES). CUPE Ontario…

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