Families, workers and advocates join NDP Health Critic to call on all parties to support Bill 33

  TORONTO, ON – Families, personal support workers and long-term care advocates join NDP Health Critic France Gélinas to call on all parties to support Bill 33 (Time to Care Act) that would legislate minimum care standards in long-term care. “Seniors are suffering. They need us to act now,” says Gélinas. “We hope the Premier…

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Women fleeing violence threatened further by shelter operators’ decision to force lockout/strike deadline

OTTAWA, ON – Maison d’amitié, which operates the only two francophone shelters in Ottawa, is putting vulnerable women and children at risk by imposing a three-week deadline to reach a deal with its unionized employees, say frontline workers at the Ottawa refuge. Frontline workers at Maison d’amitié – which employs an entirely female workforce to…

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Pilot project that brings private autism therapy operators into schools raises alarms: CUPE Ontario

TORONTO, ON – Aspects of a pilot project announced by the Ministry of Education today for students with autism are raising alarm bells about the future of fully accessible, public education in the province, say CUPE Ontario education workers. “We represent 13,000 Educational Assistants who work hard, with other Board employees and parents, to develop…

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Permanent hospital beds are what communities need – Major hospital rally planned Friday in Ottawa

OTTAWA, ON – Ontario’s hospital bed shortage is a chronic condition that “won’t be alleviated by the small number of temporary beds the province announced this week. Underfunded hospitals and sick patients who truly have nowhere to go and the pressures of an aging and growing population require permanent resources for that,” says Michael Hurley president…

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16 environmental, health and labour groups raise serious concerns with Bill 154 in open letter to Premier

October 23, 2017 The Hon. Kathleen Wynne Premier of Ontario Legislative Building Queen’s Park Toronto ON M7A 1A1 Via email : [email protected] Dear Premier Wynne: Re: Bill 154, An Act to cut unnecessary red tape by enacting one new Act and making various amendments and repeals We are writing to you to express our profound…

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‘Great people are what make our libraries great’: Cornwall library workers celebrate Library Week

CORNWALL, ON – Public library workers in Cornwall, members of Local 3251-01 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 3251-01), and their supporters, are celebrating Ontario Public Library Week with a message that, in addition to having great patrons, great libraries depend on great workers. “We’re very proud of the relationship we have developed…

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