BROCKVILLE, ON – On behalf of education workers at Upper Canada District School Board, Sue Hanson, president of Local 5678 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), has sent an open letter to UCDSB trustees in advance of tonight’s board meeting in Brockville. At this meeting, it is anticipated that trustees will take decisions…
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HAMILTON, ON — Hamilton residents are not on board with closing a hospital, anymore hospital service and patient care cuts or for that matter a new round of hospital bed closures, a poll released today found. Conducted earlier in May, the poll asked over 1200 Hamilton residents questions about area hospitals, which collectively service a…
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Poll results released tomorrow (June 1) Hamilton, ON – Over 1200 Hamilton residents took part in a poll recently that measured residents’ attitudes toward their community hospitals, provincial funding for hospitals, hospital service and bed cuts and access to hospital care. Poll results will be released tomorrow June 1, 2016 at 11 a.m., outside Hamilton…
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North Bay, ON — A survey of 814 North Bay and east Nipissing residents, testing attitudes about the role of municipalities in the provision of long-term care will be released on Thursday, June 2, 2016 at 11 a.m. at 120 Lakeshore Drive, North Bay. Focused on Cassellholme Home for the Aged, the only public, municipal…
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TORONTO, May 27, 2016 – Led by President Fred Hahn and Secretary-Treasurer Candace Rennick, CUPE Ontario elected the most diverse board in Canadian labour history at their convention on Friday. “Our members are committed to building a fairer world for all workers, and they recognize that to do this we must ensure the voices at…
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Dear Members, On Monday May 23, 2016, the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo sent out an intent to return to work form to be filled out by all employees with a mandatory form return date of May 27. The contents of this form have in no way been endorsed by CUPE nor does CUPE condone…
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TORONTO – Twelve hundred CUPE Ontario members are set to gather at the Toronto Sheraton Centre on Wednesday to open their annual convention, with a clear message for Premier Wynne: Your fiscally irresponsible privatization plans will hurt the people of our province and they must be stopped. “Our members work directly for municipalities and schools…
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PETERBOROUGH, ON – In March the workers at the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) for Haliburton, Kawartha and Pine Ridge (HKPR) reached and ratified their first collective agreement between the agency and Local 5258 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). Workers hoped that by agreeing to a very modest settlement that they could…
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