Click here to download the statement CUPE Ontario is strongly opposed to the Private Member’s Notice of Motion Number 36, introduced by Ontario PC MPP Gila Martow. As a labour organization representing more than 260,000 workers in this province, we are asking Ontario MPPs to vote “NO” on this motion on Thursday December 1…
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HAMILTON, ON – 2500 Teaching Assistants (TAs) and Research Assistants (RAs) who do the bulk of the frontline instruction, grading, student consultation and research support at McMaster University, are working to avoid a strike by negotiating with the university administration to addresses poverty wages, precarious work and outsourcing on campus. The members of Local…
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MISSISSAUGA, ON – After a month of refusing to negotiate with striking workers and rejecting a request for binding arbitration, Children’s Aid Society of the Region of Peel (Peel CAS) has submitted a ‘final offer’ to the members of Local 4914 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 4914). Instead of waiting for a…
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SUDBURY, ON — In a “cruel and cynical” political announcement and photo op, Sudbury MPP Glenn Thibeault recently offered money for jobs in mining, craft beer and film/TV production, but left soon to be laid off Sudbury hospital laundry workers out in the cold without any hope of his help to keep their jobs. “Mr.…
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MISSISSAUGA, ON – One month has passed since striking workers from Local 4914 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 4914) and management from Region of Peel Children’s Aid Society (Peel CAS) have met at the bargaining table to work to resolve a strike that is now entering its 11th week. With the holidays…
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Niagara Falls, ON – New legislation buried deep in the government’s omnibus budget measures Act, Bill 70, will hurt the integrity of skilled trades and put workers in danger and should be withdrawn according to a unanimous motion passed today by the 150 delegates to the CUPE Ontario annual Trades Conference in Niagara Falls. “By…
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Thanks to the great mobilizing work we’ve been able to do with the Our Hydro coalition and thanks to all the phone calls and emails that our members sent to their city councillors, Mayor John Tory has announced that privatizing Toronto Hydro is off the table – at least for now. We want to congratulate…
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SUDBURY, ON — Improving care quality and safety for nearly 80,000 residents in long-term care homes requires the “political will and a non-partisan approach” by Ontario’s political parties to pass legislation that mandates a daily four hour resident care standard, said a resident family advocates and front line care staff, at a Sudbury media conference…
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NORTH BAY, ON — Improving care quality and safety for nearly 80,000 residents in long-term care homes requires the “political will and a non-partisan approach” by Ontario’s political parties to pass legislation that mandates a daily four hour resident care standard, said a resident family advocates and front line care staff, at a North Bay…
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SUDBURY, ON — Following tragic stories coming from several Ontario long-term care homes this month, there’s a renewed scrutiny on resident care quality and safety and “urgency make a daily 4 hour resident care standard the law,” say advocates. On Thursday, November 24, 2016 care providers and residents’ family advocates are holding a media…
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