TORONTO – A group of Toronto parents and educators are calling on City Council and Mayor John Tory to have a heart and protect child care in schools by halting cuts to Childcare Occupancy Grants in the City Budget. All City Councillors are invited to join Toronto families and educators to sign a Valentine Pledge…
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HAMILTON, ON — There is overwhelming support among Hamilton residents for a significant funding increase for hospitals and long-term care homes, a poll released today found. 93.5 per cent of the 855 respondents polled, say they would support a real funding increase of at least 5 per cent for hospitals. Asked whether they support a funding increase…
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HAMILTON, ON — The results of a poll about the Hamilton health care system, with a focus on area hospitals and long-term care homes will be released in Hamilton on Monday (January 30, 2017) at 10:30 a.m. at 795 King Street East, Hamilton. The poll conducted on January 22, 2017 surveys 855 Hamilton residents, 20…
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CAMBRIDGE, ON – City of Cambridge ‘outside’ workers, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), are urging management to return to the bargaining table next week with the full intention of reaching a collective agreement that will address a wage disparity issue that places Cambridge ‘outside’ municipal workers among the lowest paid in…
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NORTH BAY, ON – Workers locked out of their jobs by Nipissing and Parry Sound Children’s Aid Society (CAS) are hoping that a visit by Premier Kathleen Wynne to North Bay could be the catalyst for ending the labour disruption that began on December 23. Members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) will…
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OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Jan. 23, 2017) – Sunwing’s flight attendants gave their union a strong strike mandate to force the company to agree to the fair deal they deserve when bargaining resumes on January 26. Today, 94.6 per cent of CUPE local 4055 members gave their bargaining committee the green light to take job action, up to…
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ESSEX, ON – As the Essex County Library strike hits the eighth-month mark this week, the Library Board has no real plan to end the strike but to continue to thwart democracy and starve striking workers into submission with their latest mean-spirited salvo of cancelling the workers’ benefits plan, charges CUPE 2974, representing the 57…
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NORTH BAY and PARRY SOUND, ON – Workers locked out of their jobs at Nipissing and Parry Sound children’s aid society (CAS) expressed their shock and dismay at the cancellation of Tuesday’s meeting of the agency’s board of directors. The announcement was posted on the website of Nipissing and Parry Sound CAS late last week,…
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ST. CATHARINES, ON – Instructors, lab demonstrators, course coordinators, marker-graders and teaching assistants (TAs) at Brock University have voted to take strike action if they cannot agree to a suitable contract with the university. Local 4207 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 4207), which represents the academic workers at Brock, has been negotiating…
DetailsOWEN SOUND, ON – Members of Local 1189 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 1189), representing administrative employees and by-law enforcement in the City of Owen Sound, have given an extremely strong mandate for their union to take strike action to defend against the severe cuts proposed by the city. 98% of the…
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