Essex Library Board needs to bargain and not dictate pre-determined terms, as strike hits 150-day mark, says CUPE 2974

ESSEX, ON – As the Essex County Library strike passes the 150-day mark, the striking library workers are urging the library board to return to the bargaining table with the full intention to conduct meaningful bargaining on the core outstanding issues – sick time and short-term disability, so a fair resolution can be reached and…

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VICTORY! Board makes best choice for the community, keeps Cassellholme in public hands

North Bay, ON – Putting resident care quality first and keeping Cassellholme, the sole municipally-operated long-term care home in Nipissing in public hands, “is the best choice for the community. Kudos to the Cassellholme board for making the right decision to keep this valuable community asset public,” said the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).…

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Striking Peel CAS workers continue to reject employer tactics, demand to return to bargaining table

MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO – Members of the union representing 435 striking front-line, administrative and support staff at Children’s Aid Society of the Region of Peel (Peel CAS) have overwhelmingly rejected a motion to even consider voting on a final offer sent directly to members by their employer. The motion to consider the offer was presented by…

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CUPE Ontario statement of solidarity with Haudenosaunee harvesters

  CUPE Ontario is Ontario’s community union. As Indigenous peoples and as settler-allies operating on colonized land, our union has a collective responsibility to recognize and honour the inherent rights and treaty rights of all Indigenous peoples. First Nations are sovereign nations that possess inherent rights to self-determination. This includes the right to food sovereignty…

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Strike continues as Peel CAS rejects union’s proposal for binding arbitration

MISSISSAUGA, ON – A nine-week long strike between the Children’s Aid Society of the Region of Peel (Peel CAS) and the union representing 435 front-line, administrative and support staff will continue after Peel CAS rejected a proposal to send all outstanding issues to binding arbitration.   “We have been informed by the provincially-appointed conciliation officer…

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Make care better, safer for long–term care residents, support legislation for a 4 hour care standard: Ontario MPPs urged

HAMILTON, 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 Hamilton media conference…

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The time for care standard in legislation for long-term care residents is “now”; Hamilton media conference set for Tuesday 10 a.m.

HAMILTON, 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 Tuesday, November 15, 2016 care providers and residents’ family advocates are holding a media…

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