NORTH BAY and PARRY SOUND, ON – The following is an open letter written by a child protection worker in Ontario; it details her concerns over the use of temporary replacement workers during the lockout at Nipissing and Parry Sound Children’s Aid Society (CAS). I am a child protection worker in Durham Region, Ontario. I…
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HAMILTON, ON — Hospital and long-term care staff from Ottawa, Kingston, Cornwall, New Liskeard, Sudbury, North Bay, Toronto and many communities in between, will be in Hamilton for a noon rally on Monday (February 6, 2017), to demand higher provincial funding for health care. It’s anticipated that over 1000 health care workers represented by the…
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L’ORIGNAL (Ontario) – The president of the Ontario division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) will address members of CUPE local 4155 at their meeting tomorrow, Saturday, February 4 in St. Albert. President Fred Hahn will deliver a message of solidarity and encouragement to the education workers at the eastern Ontario school board…
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WINDSOR, ON — The Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) today called on the province to open at least 50 fully-funded and permanent hospital beds for Windsor Regional Hospital. The beds are needed to deal with the strain on the hospital system to stem the persistent bed capacity problem, recently highlighted by the influx of…
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CAMBRIDGE, ON – The 185 members of Local 32 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 32) who provide roads maintenance, including snow removal, water and wastewater services, arena maintenance, cemetery services, parks and pools maintenance and mechanical services for the City of Cambridge commenced strike action this morning at 12:30 a.m. after negotiations…
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CUPE university workers in Ontario stand in solidarity with Unite HERE Local 75 food service workers at York University and University of Toronto Scarborough in their effort for decent wages and working conditions. CUPE’s Ontario University Workers Coordinating Committee (OUWCC) encourages all workers and students on these campuses to support Aramark food service workers by…
DetailsPublic and not-for-profit network will deliver best child care for Ontarians: CUPE submission Ontario’s best and only chance of building a high-quality and affordable system of early childhood education and care for all Ontarians is to create one that is publicly funded, planned and managed system, says CUPE in its just-released submission to the Ontario…
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