(Black-River Matheson, ON) – 14, full-time, municipal workers at the Township of Black River-Matheson are headed towards a strike deadline of 12:01am Sunday, October 15, mainly over the issue of unequal wages, says CUPE Local 1490. “The Employer has been pushing a two-tier wage, something we consider fundamentally divisive because it will mean that new…
Details(Whitby, ON) – Approximately 300 Town of Whitby municipal workers may be on strike as of 12:01am Saturday, October 14, over scheduling and hours, says CUPE Local 53. “The Employer has made it clear that what they want is full and complete unilateral control over everyone’s scheduling, ensuring that we’re going the gold standard to…
DetailsBrampton, ON – With the dissolution of the Region of Peel quickly approaching, workers are worried that their jobs and services will not be protected and are calling on the region’s council to join in their advocacy, said members of CUPE Local 966 during deputations in front of council today. “Not knowing what lies ahead…
Details(Peterborough, ON) – We’re working to ease the recruitment and retention crisis facing Peterborough County/City paramedics, said CUPE Local 4911 as they hosted a member engagement photo opportunity in front of Peterborough Regional Hospital, displaying a banner signed by over 200 people supporting their efforts. “Peterborough residents rely on paramedics who can respond rapidly to…
DetailsIn the true tradition of trade unionism, CUPE Ontario will always choose justice over injustice, side with the powerless over the powerful, and support the colonized over the colonizer. Throughout the world, CUPE Ontario’s International Solidarity Committee (ISC) links members to workers’ global struggles so that we may stand in solidarity with all oppressed peoples.…
DetailsGuelph, ON – After a year of bargaining, and right as workers have begun building momentum towards a fair and necessary deal, Community Living Guelph Wellington (CLGW) has cried poverty and announced closures and layoffs that will hurt workers, people supported, and families. The more than 450 frontline developmental service workers in the Canadian Union…
DetailsSAULT STE. MARIE, ON – An incident on September 11 that caused a lockdown at the James L. McIntyre Centennial Library and triggered a Ministry of Labour investigation is a symptom of chronic health and safety problem in the city’s libraries, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 67. “Violence against library workers…
DetailsWindsor, ON – On Friday, CUPE workers from across the province will rally at the Regency Park Long-Term Care home in solidarity with seven long-term care staff who received layoff notices from the for-profit home operated by Universal Care. The seven staff include two dietary aides, three personal support workers, one registered nurse, and one…
DetailsFace à l’augmentation alarmante du nombre de postes vacants, aux fermetures sans précédent de salles d’urgence et aux milliers de patients qui meurent dans l’attente d’une intervention chirurgicale, trois grands syndicats représentant environ 70,000 travailleurs du secteur hospitalier de l’Ontario ont signé aujourd’hui à Queen’s Park un Pacte de solidarité pour sauver nos hôpitaux publics…
DetailsWhitby, ON – After two days of bargaining the Town of Whitby continues to push for unnecessary and harmful concessions, says municipal workers represented by CUPE Local 53. “Yesterday, the Employer put out a media release saying that we rejected an offer that included wage increases and benefit improvements but that’s, at best, only half…
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