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Vital services for Culturally Deaf, Oral Deaf, Deafened and Hard of Hearing Ontarians hang in balance: CUPE members address possible strike at Canadian Hearing Society

2073-strike2017, chs-2017, Social ServicesBy ddadgari March 1, 2017

TORONTO, ON — 227 workers from Canadian Hearing Society offices across Ontario could be on strike as of Monday, March 6. These workers provide interpretation, employment and mental health services for the Culturally Deaf, Oral Deaf, Deafened and Hard of Hearing in Ontario. The Union and its allies will address the challenges they face in the…

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Canadian Hearing Society Faces Possible Strike

2073-strike2017, chs-2017By ddadgari February 27, 2017

(WINDSOR, ON) – Staff at Canadian Hearing Society offices across Ontario, including one in Windsor, have been working without a contract for four years. Although they will be in a strike or lockout position on March 4, an eleventh hour meeting with a provincially appointed mediator has been scheduled for Friday, March 3. To read…

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Liberal Government’s Bill 92 Anti-Democratic – Takes away school board workers’ rights

School BoardsBy ddadgari February 24, 2017

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Possible labour disruption highlights shifting priorities at the Canadian Hearing Society

2073-strike2017, chs-2017, Social ServicesBy ddadgari February 24, 2017

TORONTO, ON — After going without a contract for four years, workers at 24 Canadian Hearing Society (CHS) offices across Ontario could be on strike on March 4. A spokesperson for Local 2073 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 2073) which represents counsellors, literacy instructors, audiologists, speech language pathologists, interpreters/interpreter trainers, clerical support,…

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City of Cambridge inside workers ratify collective agreement, ending strike after one week

1882-strike2017, MunicipalBy ddadgari February 24, 2017

CAMBRIDGE, ON – Members of Local 1882 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 1882), representing inside workers for the City of Cambridge, will return to work tomorrow after the union and the city ratified a new collective agreement. The agreement ends the City of Cambridge’s second municipal strike in the month of February…

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$6.4 million year loss to Sudbury economy, if hospital laundry jobs cut

Health CareBy ddadgari February 24, 2017

SUDBURY, ON — Sudbury’s local economy will take a yearly $6.4 million financial hit, if the laundry is closed and 50 hospital laundry workers lose their jobs. That’s the finding of the independent economic impact analysis, Greater Sudbury council asked for earlier in January, to assess the effect of a Health Sciences North (HSN) decision…

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Lockout of a CUPE 1281 worker at University of Guelph

Strike Support, UniversityBy ddadgari February 23, 2017

UPDATE (February 24, 2017) – The lockout has been suspended as of 12:01am on Friday, February 24. This is the right choice, as it means the line of communication between the parties has been reopened. We are hopeful that the parties are able to find a mutually agreeable solution as quickly as possible. A…

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Union and City of Cambridge reach tentative agreement

1882-strike2017, Municipal, Strike SupportBy ddadgari February 23, 2017

CAMBRIDGE, ON – A tentative agreement has been reached between Local 1882 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 1882), which represents 163 inside workers, and the City of Cambridge. The tentative agreement was reached in the early hours of the morning on February 23. No details will be released until both sides ratify…

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Change to School Board Bargaining Act Anti-Democratic

School BoardsBy ddadgari February 22, 2017

TORONTO, ON – CUPE Ontario strongly opposes an amendment to the School Boards Collective Bargaining Act (SBCBA) tabled yesterday by the Minister of Education, Mitzie Hunter, that will make central bargaining with the provincial government mandatory for all education workers. If passed, the new legislation would take away the rights of school board support workers…

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