The northern Ontario First Nation of Attawapiskat has declared a state of emergency amidst a suicide epidemic which has seen over 100 suicide attempts in the community since last September. 11 suicide attempts were made this past Saturday alone. And on Monday night, 13 youths, including a 9-year-old child, were detained by police in an…
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‘Instead of helping our community, our employer is more interested in keeping staff and users under their thumbs,’ says CUPE 4772 President TORONTO, ON – Members of Local 4772 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 4772) were today joined by community supporters at a rally in front of the San Romanoway Revitalization Association…
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Across the province, thousands of CUPE Ontario members recognize the International Day of Pink. We are wearing pink this April 13 as part of our continuing stand against bullying, discrimination, homophobia and transphobia in our schools and communities. The Day of Pink began in 2007, when two Nova Scotia high school students saw a male…
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Copy of Letter sent to Andrea Bartlett, President of Ryerson Students’ Union Re: Immediate Reinstatement of Gilary Massa Dear Ms. Bartlett: I am writing to you on behalf of CUPE Ontario, the largest union in Ontario representing more than 250,000 members, including approximately 30,000 workers at universities across the province. I am also writing on…
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TORONTO, ON – Rainy skies couldn’t put a damper on a ‘read-in’ organized outside the Toronto Reference Library by the workers who make Toronto’s public libraries one of the city’s most well-used and popular services. The members of Local 4948 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 4948), who organized the event, were joined…
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GUELPH, ON – CUPE 4325, representing 130 social service workers, reached a tentative agreement with the Family and Children’s Services of Guelph and Wellington County earlier today. The workers will vote on the tentative settlement tomorrow with the possibility of returning to work on Monday, if the agreement is ratified by both parties. The workers…
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GUELPH, ON – After repeated attempts by CUPE asking management to return to the bargaining table, management at Family and Children’s Services of Guelph and Wellington County is pushing workers on strike by flatly rejecting the union’s latest invitation to meet this morning (Saturday) at 10:00 a.m. Picket lines will go up on Monday, April…
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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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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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