CUPE Ontario endorses the mandate of the Sexual Assault Action Coalition. The coalition is committed empowering survivors of sexual assault and sexual violence through grassroots initiatives and community collaboration and support. At CUPE Ontario’s recent Women’s Conference, Sexual Assault Action Coalition co-founder and CUPE 2484 member Viktoria Belle presented on the coalition’s work, and our…
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NORTH BAY and PARRY SOUND, ON – A spokesperson for child protection workers at the Children’s Aid Society (CAS) of the District of Nipissing and Parry Sound is calling on the society to address the obstacles to providing high-quality child protection services in the north and to stop focusing on “non-issues” that prevent both sides…
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CUPE Ontario Local Leadership & Activists, As we come to the end of the year, we’re taking this time to say “thank you” for all the hard work you do, as local leaders and activists, both on behalf of our members and in service to the people of Ontario. The work you do matters to…
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NORTH BAY, ON – Members of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 122, with the City of North Bay, have overwhelmingly ratified a new collective agreement. The tentative agreement was reached last week after multiple bargaining days, and has already been ratified by North Bay City Council. “We were really pleased to be able…
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MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO (Dec. 15, 2016) – 435 frontline, administrative and support workers from the Children’s Aid Society of the Region of Peel (Peel CAS) will return to the job on Monday, December 19, ending a 13-week strike. “Our members could not be happier to go back to work,” said Sonia Yung, President of Local 4914…
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NORTH BAY, ON – A contract offer that fails to address the persistent issues that hinder the delivery of high-quality child welfare services in the north has been decisively turned down by employees of the Children’s Aid Society (CAS) of the District of Nipissing and Parry Sound. A vote supervised by the Ministry of Labour…
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NORTH BAY – On the brink of yet another potential strike or lockout in Children’s Aid over workload issues, the Wynne government has introduced legislative changes to child protection services that ignore key commitments critical to addressing the problems that put kids at risk of falling through the cracks, says Fred Hahn, President of CUPE…
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ESSEX, ON – In a strong show of solidarity, striking Essex County Library workers voted overwhelmingly to reject management’s so-called ‘last offer’ to send a clear message to the Library Board “that workers will not be bullied into accepting a contract dictated by management, and they will stand strong to reach a fair contract reached…
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MEMORANDUM TO: CUPE Ontario Paramedic Workers FROM: Jeff van Pelt, Chair CUPE Ambulance Committee of Ontario (CACO) DATE: December 9, 2016 RE: Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC) Consultation Process on “Expanding Medical Responses Discussion Paper” On November 21, 2016 the MOHLTC issued a discussion paper entitled “Expanding Medical Responses Discussion Paper”. Stakeholders…
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On this, United Nations’ International Day of Human Rights, it’s important for us to reflect on the important gains we have made in Ontario, but we must also recognize that we’re still a long way from all of us being treated equally. Human Rights work is never done. This year, thanks to the hard work…
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