NIAGARA FALLS, ON – Paramedics conferencing in Niagara Falls today, voted unanimously to adopt a resolution setting strict conditions before they will endorse legislative changes soon expected to the rules governing the delivery of emergency services in Ontario. Newly elected Chair of the CUPE Ambulance Committee of Ontario (CACO) Jason Fraser said Ontario’s frontline paramedics…
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BOWMANVILLE, ON – Three Clarington Museums and Archives’ locations could have their doors closed to visitors and school groups later this month if the museum and the union representing its employees cannot reach an agreement in recent contract negotiations. “It’s really too bad that it has come to this,” said Roberta Stasyszyn, a museum interpreter…
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TORONTO, ON – CUPE applauds the Ontario government’s recognition that our education system must address fundamental problems when it comes to meeting the needs of students from diverse backgrounds, but cautions real improvements won’t happen without dealing with systemic barriers. “We know that students do better when the staff around them are more reflective…
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In the third of six core certification courses offered within the Ontario Federation of Labour’s Prevention Link disability prevention curriculum, participants that complete this hands-on course learn how to begin the appeal’s process and the legal principles involved in the preparation for a hearing. Learn more here.
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Loss of vital agency in four NW Toronto neighbourhoods prompts public meeting to save services and strengthen community agencies everywhere TORONTO, ON – Following the closure of a well-known community agency serving four northwest Toronto neighbourhoods, more than 100 concerned residents, activists and labour unions last night called on the Wynne government to ‘get the…
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Labour Day is a time for all of us to reflect on how working people and our communities are doing. To think about the challenges we face, the battles we’ve fought, and the victories we have won together. We’ve come through more than a decade of austerity that has resulted in job cuts, frozen wages,…
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WINDSOR, ON – The president of the union representing workers at the Windsor-Essex Children’s Aid Society is calling recently announced cuts to the agency, “a move that will only do further harm to an already vulnerable population in our community.” Craig Hesman, president of Local 2286 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE…
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TORONTO, ON – Fresh, local, nutritious food is what’s best for convalescing patients. But St. Joseph’s Health Centre intends to close its in-house kitchens and buy plated, microwavable “TV dinner”-style food from a factory operation somewhere outside of Toronto. “It’s the wrong decision,” says Anne Piper, a Registered Practical Nurse at St. Joseph’s Health…
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TORONTO, ON – Judge Cavanagh’s decision contains a partial victory, ensuring the Premier and Ministers can’t hide behind legislative privilege, but his overall decision to dismiss the misfeasance suit over the sale of Hydro One is a huge disappointment to the people of Ontario, says Fred Hahn, president of CUPE Ontario. CUPE, along with Fred…
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