“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…

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What 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…

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Workers 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…

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Solidarity 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…

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Chaos, 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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The workers who feed Trent University shouldn’t struggle to feed their families

PETERBOROUGH, ON – Foodservice workers at Trent University, employed by Compass Group, unveiled a petition today calling for fair wages and respect for the lowest-paid workers on campus. “We’ve seen the cost-of-living skyrocket, and wages here simply haven’t kept up. We’re skilled workers who take pride in serving the students, staff and faculty at Trent,…

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CUPE Ontario and OMW join AMO’s, municipalities’ calls to deal with human and financial costs of Ontario’s homelessness crisis

TORONTO – In response to the report “Municipalities under pressure: The human and financial cost of Ontario’s homelessness crisis,” released by the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, CUPE Ontario and its Ontario Municipal Workers committee (OMW) issued the following statement: With both a federal and provincial election in the offing, CUPE Ontario and OMW recognize…

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