Submission on Cap-and-Trade Regulations
Submission to the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change on Cap and Trade – 7 April 2016
LTC staff call on Cassellholme board to focus on resident care, not divestment; rally Monday noon
NORTH BAY, Ont. — Long-term care staff from North Bay and other north eastern Ontario communities plan a noon rally for Monday, April 11 in front Cassellholme Home for the Aged (at Olive and Cassells streets). They’re adding their voice, to a growing number of people encouraging the Cassellholme board to re-think its current preoccupation…
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CUPE calls on Guelph Wellington CAS to resume bargaining and avert service disruption
GUELPH, ON – Frontline Children’s Aid Society (CAS) workers at Family and Children’s Services of Guelph and Wellington County rejected management’s ‘final’ offer in a ratification vote last night and union representatives have asked the employer to return to the bargaining table to resume negotiations in an effort to avert a service shutdown as early…
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Halton Catholic District School Board workers reach tentative deal
BURLINGTON, ON – Halton Catholic District School Board Educational Assistants (EAs) and Designated Early Childhood Educators (DECEs), represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), have reached local tentative agreements with their employer. The school board workers will review and vote on a three-year agreement later next week. “We are pleased that we were…
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Hydro One sale an affront to democracy
TORONTO, ON – The announcement that Ontario’s Liberal government is selling another block of Hydro One shares just days after a Liberal fundraising scandal broke is an affront to democracy, says Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE Ontario) and a leading voice in the Keep Hydro Public campaign. “Just days…
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Guelph Wellington CAS workers stand up for a fair contract
GUELPH, ON – After being mandated to accept zero per cent wage increases in their last contract and discovering that senior management received a 9 per cent wage increase in one year alone during the same period, frontline Children’s Aid Society (CAS) workers at Family and Children’s Services of Guelph and Wellington County are standing…
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Paramedic group representing nearly 8000 paramedics at Queen’s Park tomorrow for vote on PTSD legislation
TORONTO, ON — A Bill that recognizes post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a work-related diagnosis for Ontario paramedics and other emergency responders will be voted on by MPPs tomorrow. Paramedics and communication officers who are representatives of four labour groups with nearly 8000 Ontario paramedic members among them, will be in the Legislative gallery at…
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Cassellholme’s future hinges on open talk CUPE files FOIs to end secret deals, closed meetings
NORTH BAY, Ont. — The redevelopment of Cassellholme hinges on a commitment to area residents to keep the long-term care home fully public, and “above all, open and frank dialogue. No more secret dealings with consultants and closed door votes,” says the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. For many months the nine municipalities,…
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