Hospital staff rally against Ford’s privatization plan in Hamilton, call on government to invest in public health care.

Health Care, OCHU, Solidarity

HAMILTON, ON – A large group of hospital staff including nurses, personal support workers and lab technologists rallied today at St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton against the Ford government’s plan to contract out hospital services to private, for-profit clinics. In response to Bill 60, the recently passed legislation that farms out surgeries and diagnostic procedures…

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CUPE Local 1939 custodians and maintenance workers reach tentative agreement with Keewatin-Patricia District School Board

School Boards, Solidarity

KENORA, ON – The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1939 workers’ bargaining committee has reached a tentative agreement with the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board on custodians and maintenance workers’ local terms and conditions for the period of September 2022 to August 2026. CUPE education workers voted to ratify their local agreement on June…

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Joint Statement on Ontario’s Blue-Ribbon Panel

Uncategorized, University

TORONTO, June 1, 2023 – The Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA), Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU/SEFPO), Ontario Secondary Schools Teachers Federation (OSSTF/FESSO), Canadian Federation of Students (CFS-Ontario), Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) and the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) are deeply concerned about the composition,…

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CUPE Toronto education workers reach tentative agreement with TDSB

Education, School Boards

TORONTO, ON – Toronto Education Workers/CUPE Local 4400 and the Toronto District School Board have reached a tentative agreement in collective bargaining for local terms and conditions. Ratification votes will be scheduled before the end of June for members to vote on new collective agreements covering employees in three bargaining units.  When ratified, members will…

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Crossing guards losing their jobs not amused by Toronto’s deeply ironic declaration of “School Crossing Guard Appreciation Week”

School Boards, Solidarity

TORONTO –The City of Toronto today announced it is marking “School Crossing Guard Appreciation Week.” The announcement comes less than a week after the city’s General Governance Committee voted in favour of changing vendors and laying off roughly 350 school crossing guards. “I don’t know whether to laugh or to cry,” said Myra Chico, president…

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Job action averted as CUPE 1750-OCEU members reach tentative deal with Workplace Safety and Insurance Board

Injured Workers, Solidarity

TORONTO, ON – In the early morning after hours of marathon bargaining, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1750 / the Ontario Compensation Employees Union (OCEU) reached a tentative agreement with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. “I am proud of my coworkers and the strength of our union, and I’m…

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CUPE 1750-OCEU bargaining committee still at the negotiating table as job action at the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board remains a possibility

Injured Workers, Solidarity

TORONTO, ON – The midnight deadline has come and gone but workers for the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board remain at work and the bargaining committee from the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1750 / the Ontario Compensation Employees Union (OCEU) is still at the table. “We’re close to an agreement that will…

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