CUPE 1263 donates ‘everyday essentials’ to Niagara Region’s community support agencies

WELLAND, ON – On Monday, December 21, long-term care workers, retirement homes workers and community support workers from the Niagara Region, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 1263, will donate hundreds of ‘everyday essentials’ to seven local community support agencies that help the community’s most vulnerable residents. “Our members are front line…

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Frontline child protection workers sound the alarm on CPIN at coroner’s inquest

TORONTO, ON – Child welfare workers worry that the province’s flawed new computer system could endanger children and youth under their care. The workers will seek to have their concerns about the Child Protection Information Network (CPIN) addressed today as part of the Toronto inquest into the death of seven-year-old Katelynn Sampson in 2008. Jordan…

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Federal government must restore Local Programming Improvement Fund to help keep CHCH afloat: Hamilton hospital staff

HAMILTON, ON – “The federal Liberal government needs to take a broad approach to funding infrastructure and step in now to restore the Local Programming Improvement Fund, cut this year by the CRTC, which pumped between 5 and 8 million dollars annually into CHCH television in Hamilton,” say the presidents of two of Hamilton’s largest community…

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Bargaining resumes tomorrow between CUPE 926 and Wilfrid Laurier University

Custodial workers’ union prepared to negotiate “as long as it takes … but we need a willing partner at the bargaining table,” says CUPE 926 President Allan Savard. WATERLOO, ON – Bargaining will resume tomorrow between Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) and the union representing custodial, groundskeeping and trades workers on campus. Representatives of Local 926 of the…

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Beaches-East York residents tell MPP Potts to Keep Hydro Public

TORONTO, ON – Supporters of the Keep Hydro Public campaign joined Beaches-East York constituents for a rally outside Liberal MPP Arthur Potts’ constituency office on Saturday, December 12. Participants are angry with Potts’ continued support for the Liberal sell-off of Hydro One, despite overwhelming opposition across the province. “We’ve come together as a movement to…

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