The kids deserve more’ CUPE says more provincial cash needed for EAs
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DetailsCUPE education workers call on the Ford government to immediately increase school board funding: Survey of 12,000 CUPE education workers finds extreme underfunding and understaffing has caused widespread violence, burnout and lack of services in London-area school
LONDON, ON – At a press conference this morning CUPE locals representing more than 5000 education workers in the London area called on the Ford government to immediately increase funding for school boards and remedy the crisis in understaffing, sky rocketing violence, and lack of student supports. A recent survey of Ontario education workers, including…
DetailsEarly election is workers’ chance to fire Ford: CUPE Ontario
TORONTO, ON – Doug Ford can try to use fear and distraction to justify going to the polls a year early, but workers will use the early election as the perfect opportunity to fire him and his fellow Conservatives, says the province’s largest union. CUPE Ontario, which represents 290,000 members across the province, is certain…
DetailsViolence and underfunding in Ontario classrooms say unions
CTV News London https://www.ctvnews.ca/london/article/violence-rampant-in-ontario-classrooms-unions-point-to-underfunding/
DetailsUnderfunding leading to violence, unsafe Ontario schools: Union
The Londoner https://www.thelondoner.ca/news/local-news/underfunding-leading-to-violence-unsafe-ontario-schools-union/wcm/5309859d-391c-44d0-a170-84a2c7490f63
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…
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