Submission on the Basic Income Pilot Consultation
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CAS worker to share with Parry Sound town councillors the harmful effects of lockout on children, child protection, and communities
PARRY SOUND, ON – At Tuesday’s town council meeting, a representative of child welfare workers locked out by Children’s Aid Society (CAS) of the District of Nipissing and Parry Sound will make a deputation to councillors about the ongoing labour dispute. Members of Local 2049 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) were locked…
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Strike commences at Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l’Est ontarien
L’ORIGNAL, ON – More than 250 education workers with the Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l’Est ontarien (CSDCEO) have commenced job action this morning. The workers, represented by CUPE Local 4155, have been in bargaining for two years, and are the last school board local in the province to conclude negotiations following an August…
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Strike commences at Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l’Est ontarien
L’ORIGNAL, ONTARIO–(Feb. 7, 2017) – More than 250 education workers with the Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l’Est ontarien (CSDCEO) have commenced job action this morning. The workers, represented by CUPE Local 4155, have been in bargaining for two years, and are the last school board local in the province to conclude negotiations following…
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Locked-out CAS workers continue to “pay it forward” with blood drive in North Bay
NORTH BAY, ON – This week workers locked out of their jobs by Nipissing and Parry Sound Children’s Aid Society (CAS) will continue to show their thanks and dedication to the community that is supporting them so generously during the labour dispute. On Tuesday, members of Local 2049 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees…
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On the verge of strike action, CUPE 4155 calls on school board to meet today to reach a fair agreement
L’ORIGNAL, ON – Representatives of Local 4155 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) are demanding that the school board Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l’Est ontarien (CSDCEO) meet with the union today to avoid a strike tomorrow in the board’s schools. Despite the board’s claims of wanting to return to the bargaining…
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Striking library workers call employer back to bargaining table
ESSEX, ON – Striking Essex County Library workers will return to the bargaining table with the Essex Library Board on Wednesday, February 8. The union, representing the striking workers, called the library board back to the table, marking the first negotiations between the two sides since November 24, 2016. Lori Wightman, spokesperson for Local 2974…
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Vulnerable children need continuity of care, not temporary replacement workers 100s of kms away: CAS worker
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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1000 hospital and LTC staff from across province at Hamilton, Monday noon rally for higher provincial funding
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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Private contractors slowing down city crews: Union
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