A strike by unionized workers at the Canadian Hearing Society is causing interruptions for people who rely on the service across Ontario. “Where do I turn for help,” asked Corey Bouffard, 27, at a picket line in Sudbury on Monday. “I need support.” Bouffard’s son Sylus, 3, became deaf after contracting meningitis at four months. Click…
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TORONTO, ON — Members of CUPE Ontario’s Executive board are pausing their meeting tomorrow to join the picket line outside of a Canadian Hearing Society office. Workers for the Hearing Society started striking today after talks broke down over the weekend. They are being asked to accept roll-backs after four years without a contract. These…
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Four employees of the Canadian Hearing Society in North Bay were joined on the picket line by a couple dozen locked-out Children’s Aid Society workers Monday morning. The Canadian Hearing Society workers, members of CUPE local 2073, hit the picket line Monday morning after last-ditch talks on the weekend failed to reach an agreement. The…
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NORTH BAY and PARRY SOUND, ON – Locked-out children’s aid workers are hopeful that the support they received from MPPs during their recent visit to the Ontario legislature will help to kick-start negotiations with Nipissing and Parry Sound CAS and restore high-quality child protection services in the north. Tomorrow (March 7) will see negotiators for…
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Employees with the Canadian Hearing Society have launched strike action. The Canadian Union of Public Employees says management rejected all of the union’s proposals and the 227 employees had no choice. The union says the two sides met over the weekend with a mediator, but couldn’t reach a deal. Click here to read more on…
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TORONTO — Employees with the Canadian Hearing Society have launched strike action. The Canadian Union of Public Employees says management rejected all of the union’s proposals and the 227 employees had no choice. The union says the two sides met over the weekend with a mediator, but couldn’t reach a deal. Click here to read…
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TORONTO, ONTARIO–(March 5, 2017) – After being presented with multiple options for negotiating a settlement that would address their stated concerns, the Canadian Hearing Society (CHS) has rejected all offers for settlement, leaving the union with no choice but to commence strike action on Monday morning. “We are actually quite shocked,” said Barbara Wilker-Frey, CUPE…
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MILTON, ON – 100 workers with the Bob Rumball Associations for the Deaf (BRAD) have ratified a new collective agreement. The workers, who are primarily support staff and counsellors, are represented by Local 4763 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 4763). “The reality is that workers with BRAD still face a significant wage…
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ST. CATHARINES, ON – Negotiators for Unit 1 of Local 4207 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 4207-1) have reached a tentative agreement with the administration of Brock University late last night, averting a strike which would have begun this morning. The two sides reached an agreement shortly after midnight following a marathon…
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TORONTO, ON – Electricity consumers deserve to know that they are being played by a scheme that will see them charged just as much over a longer period of time, CUPE Ontario president Fred Hahn said today in reaction to Premier Kathleen Wynne’s response to prolonged public outcry over rising hydro bills. “This plan fails…
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