LEAMINGTON, ON – Despite the rain, more than two hundred community members and labour leaders gathered in front of the Leamington library to celebrate the courage and strength of the Essex County library workers who have now been on strike for 68 days. “There may be some people out there that thought library workers would…
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Essex, ON – Two-thirds of voters in Essex County believe the mayors that sit on the county council are doing a poor job of handling the library strike and half say it will affect how they vote in the next election, according to a new poll conducted by Environics, that was released today. The strike…
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Essex, ON – A new poll conducted by Environics, to be released at a media briefing on Tuesday, shows that two thirds of the people in Essex County believe the mayors who sit on the county council are doing a poor job of handling the area’s library strike. “The people in Essex County care about…
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HAMILTON, ON — No vulnerable long-term care residents should have to endure sitting in a soiled diaper or being left with no one to hold their hand at the end life, say St. Joseph’s Villa staff holding a rally on Tuesday (August 30, 2 p.m.– 3 p.m.) in support of legislation that would mandate a…
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TORONTO, ON – Following today’s final recommendations from the province’s gender wage gap strategy consultation, the Ontario division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) called on the Wynne government to set clear timelines for implementing an affordable, publicly funded child care system. In the report released this morning, the consultation committee made child…
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Pembroke, ON — When compared with the rest of Canada the Ontario government’s $4.8 billion underfunding for hospitals like Pembroke Regional Hospital, means skeleton hospital staffing and much less care for Pembroke patients, a report released today has found. The report (Fewer Hands, Less Hospital Care) compares funding, staffing, nursing, and readmissions in Ontario and…
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NORTH BAY, ON — With the vote later today on whether to continue to operate Cassellholme as a public long-term care home, board members are being urged to “do the right thing and vote to keep the home public under municipal control.” The Cassellholme board are “locked in static thinking, premised on one option; changing…
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ESSEX, ON – Striking Essex County library workers, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), will be hosting a series of ‘Storytime’ events to thank the community for their ongoing support as the strike enters its third month later this week. “Our community has been supporting our struggle for a fair contract since…
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What happens when you plow ahead with a plan that 83 per cent of Ontarians strongly oppose? For Premier Kathleen Wynne it means a catastrophic drop in approval ratings with only 14 per cent of people now believing she should lead our government. The premier’s hydro privatization plan, undertaken without a single mention of it…
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