Underfunding leading to violence, unsafe Ontario schools: Union
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DetailsOttawa shelter workers sound alarm in supermajority petition demanding better treatment and improved services from Carefor
OTTAWA – Days after the City of Ottawa announced $10.5 million in federal funding to help bring homeless individuals out of the cold, frontline shelter workers have delivered a powerful message to their employer. A supermajority of workers from seven shelters operated by Carefor signed a petition outlining the urgent crisis facing both staff and…
Details“Ontario’s school boards are in severe crisis”: Survey of 12,000 CUPE education workers finds extreme underfunding and understaffing has caused widespread violence, burnout and lack of supports for students in Waterloo-area schools
WATERLOO, ON – A recent survey of Ontario education workers including Educational Assistants, Early Childhood Educators, Child and Youth workers, custodians, maintenance and trades workers, and school secretaries represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) shows that a severe crisis in underfunding has led…
DetailsNational Day of Remembrance of the Quebec City Mosque Attack and Action Against Islamophobia
CUPE Ontario commemorates this sombre day in honour of the memory of the six people who lost their lives and the many more who were injured in the 2017 attack on the Quebec City Mosque. We also mark the day as a symbol of resilience, unity, and the continuous fight against Islamophobia and all forms…
Details“Ontario’s school boards are in severe crisis”: Survey of 12,000 CUPE education workers finds extreme underfunding and understaffing has caused widespread violence, burnout and lack of supports for students in Sarnia-area schools
SARNIA, ON – A recent survey of Ontario education workers including Educational Assistants, Early Childhood Educators, Child and Youth workers, custodians, maintenance and trades workers, and school secretaries represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) shows that a severe crisis in underfunding has led…
DetailsWhat matters at the ballot box is Doug Ford’s record dismantling public services not his “Captain Canada” guise
New book Against the People finds Ontarians harmed by PC policies TORONTO – The trail of harm of the policies of the Doug Ford government has regrettably touched many Ontarians, finds a new and timely book, Against the People (Fernwood). As Ontarians face an early election with Ford playing the role of ‘Captain Canada’ against…
DetailsWorkers focus on Ford’s failures as CUPE Ontario launches “Fire the Boss” campaign
– Keep attention on Conservatives’ record of blame and bribes, says union – TORONTO—Putting the spotlight on the long record of hurt, damage, inaction, and corruption that Ford’s Conservatives have inflicted on workers and all Ontarians, CUPE Ontario has launched a bold new campaign to fire Doug Ford. The Fire the Boss campaign, aimed at…
DetailsInternational Holocaust Remembrance Day 2025
On January 27, CUPE Ontario joins comrades and allies around the world in marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The day was established by the United Nations in 2005 to honour the memory of the six million Jews and millions of others from persecuted groups who were brutally murdered by the Nazi regime. We commemorate both…
DetailsSolidarity with CUPE 3550 in Alberta
CUPE Ontario and OSBCU have sent the following letter of solidarity to striking CUPE education workers in Alberta: Dear friends, sisters, brothers and comrades: From Ontario, we send our solidarity (and a cheque!) to the striking education workers in Edmonton, members of CUPE 3550, and we do this on behalf of 290,000 CUPE members in…
DetailsChaos, frustration, secrecy, overwork plague Ford’s Ontario Health atHome system changes, say more than 1000 front-line voices in recent survey
TORONTO – A recent survey of Ontario Health atHome (OH atHome) community and in-home care coordinators, team assistants and system planners, represented by CUPE points to a health system restructuring that is failing to solve care and access gaps while deepening health service privatization. All these factors are further demoralizing staff who are dealing with…
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