Each December 6, CUPE Ontario members join millions across the county in recognizing the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. This date marks the anniversary of the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre in Montréal, when 14 women were targeted and killed by a lone gunman. One of those women was Maryse Laganière,…
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MISSISSAUGA, ON – Striking workers from the Children’s Aid Society of the Region of Peel (Peel CAS) overwhelmingly rejected the latest “final offer” from their employer due to its failure to address workload and joint job evaluation concerns that would prevent children from falling through the cracks. The supervised vote was called by Peel…
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PETERBOROUGH, ON – Ninety percent of voters in Peterborough are still opposed to the sale of Peterborough Distribution Inc. (PDI) after the community consultation, according to a new poll conducted by Environics. Put into the field on November 25 immediately following Navigant’s presentation of their report back from the consultation, the Environics poll found: 90%…
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OTTAWA, ON — Lost in the debate about whether to locate the new Ottawa Hospital Civic campus on the Experimental Farm or at Tunney’s Pasture is the question of who will own the new hospital facility, CUPE suggested today. The provincial Liberal government strongly encourages private-public-partnerships (P3s) as the development model for new mega-hospitals. The…
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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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