NORTH BAY, ON – Members of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 122, representing municipal and library workers with the City of North Bay, are highlighting their work and their commitment to the North Bay community in a new advertising campaign. The transit shelter, bus, and billboard ads feature the work of several…
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MISSISSAUGA, ON – Once again, efforts to resolve a six-week long strike by 435 frontline, administrative and support workers at the Children’s Aid Society of the Region of Peel (Peel CAS) have fallen apart after management walked away from the table. Last night, negotiators for Local 4914 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE…
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Kingston, ON — 1,000 hospital staff from across Ontario will rally on Thursday, October 27, 2016 at Kingston General Hospital (KGH) calling for an end to Ontario’s underfunding of hospital care. Ontario has fallen far behind other provinces on hospital spending since the Liberals were elected provincially in 2003. The province has been cutting hospital…
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MISSISSAUGA, ON – Negotiators for striking frontline, administrative and support staff from the Children’s Aid Society of the Region of Peel (Peel CAS) will today hold ‘exploratory discussions’ with Peel CAS to determine if there is a basis to resume negotiations to resolve the six-week-old labour dispute. “If Peel CAS comes to this meeting with…
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BLACK RIVER-MATHESON, ON – In a continuing effort to secure a negotiated settlement, members of CUPE Local 1490 with the Township of Black River-Matheson have agreed to extend their strike/lockout deadline by 48 hours. The deadline will be extended to Friday, October 28th at 12:01 a.m. The union will offer no further comment for the…
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TORONTO, ON – To mark Child Care Worker and Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day on October 26, a new report and thousands of names on petitions shine a light on the challenges faced by Ontario’s early childhood workforce and their growing collective call for decent work. The Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care (OCBCC)…
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SUDBURY, ON — With stubbornly high unemployment, Sudbury can’t afford any more job loss, say laid off Sudbury Hospital Services laundry workers. Following a brief meeting with Sudbury MPP Glenn Thibeault at a downtown coffee shop last weekend, the hospital laundry staff renewed their appeal for him to intervene and keep jobs local. They will…
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WOODSTOCK, Ont. – As mediation talks between Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 1146, representing 33 public health workers and Oxford County begin on Tuesday, the union is urging management to return to the bargaining table with the full intention of bargaining and avoiding a service disruption that could start as early as Friday, October…
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BROCKVILLE, ON – Education workers with the Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB) are gearing up for a fight to preserve the quality of education in the region and quality of life in smaller communities, both of which are under threat from the board’s plans to close up to 29 of its public schools. Sixteen…
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BLACK RIVER-MATHESON, ON – In an effort to secure a negotiated settlement, members of CUPE Local 1490 with the Township of Black River-Matheson have agreed to extend their Monday strike/lockout deadline by 48 hours. The deadline will be extended to Wednesday, October 26th at 12:01 a.m. A mediator from the Ministry of Labour has…
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