Province’s bottom line worse off after Hydro One sale, warns Ontario’s budget watchdog
Premier Kathleen Wynne will leave the province’s finances “worse” off with the sale of Hydro One, warns Ontario’s new budget watchdog in a damning report.
Scathing report means Wynne must stop Hydro One sale before it becomes next Liberal scandal
TORONTO, ON – Today’s report by the province’s financial accountability officer should be the final nail in the coffin of the ill-conceived sell-off of Hydro One, said Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. “This privatization plan has been a mistake from day one. Now the financial accountability officer has…
DetailsEducation workers hold “Rally for Respect” in support of jobs, services, and a fair bargaining process
After last week’s meeting between unions and government, CUPE members “more determined than ever” to fight for a fair collective agreement, say leaders TORONTO, ON – Education workers in nine school boards are responding to last week’s ultimatum from Premier Kathleen Wynne about their work-to-rule action by holding Rallies for Respect in their communities. The…
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Solidarity with Quebec’s Common Front
CUPE Ontario stands together with the 400,000 workers in school boards, CÉGEPs, social services, health care and other public services who began rotating strikes across the province today. Workers in Quebec, as in Ontario, are shouldering the burden of austerity under Liberal governments. These governments are paying for tax cuts and expensive privatization schemes by…
DetailsCity workers’ union decries layoffs, warns that cost-savings should not come at expense of services and jobs
SUDBURY, ON – The union representing over 1,600 workers at the City of Greater Sudbury is calling on Mayor Brian Bigger to reverse recent layoffs of cemetery workers and to halt plans for further layoffs of city staff. “The mayor and council are going back on a commitment to achieving efficiencies and cost savings without…
DetailsCUPE reaches tentative settlement with Town of Plympton-Wyoming
TOWN OF PLYMPTON-WYOMING, ON – The Town of Plympton-Wyoming municipal workers, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), reached a tentative settlement with their employer on Friday, averting a potential service disruption of the town’s roads maintenance and snow removal. “We are pleased that we could reach a settlement prior to the deadline,”…
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We will not be bullied into a collective agreement, say CUPE education workers after meeting with Premier Wynne
TORONTO, ON – Premier Wynne’s promise to grant requests from the Council of Trustees Association (CTA) to respond to job action by CUPE’s 55,000 education workers could make an already difficult labour situation worse, said the president of Ontario’s largest union. “The Premier entertaining the CTA’s request won’t improve labour relations in Ontario’s schools,” said…
DetailsCUPE commends Region of Waterloo for investing in public services
WATERLOO, ON – The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), representing front-line Waterloo public services workers, commends the Region of Waterloo for refusing to accept recommendations made by an outside consultant firm and, instead, voted last night to save and invest in child care and employment services provided to Waterloo residents by the Region of…
DetailsAlmonte hospital sees large spike in costly patient readmission rates as Liberal cuts deepen
ALMONTE, ON – A media conference is planned for Friday, October 23, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in Almonte to release Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) data (from 2009-2014) that shows patient readmissions at Almonte General Hospital are spiking. “This increase in readmission rates,” says Linda Melbrew, president of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)…
DetailsCUPE Local 4948 celebrates Library Week in Toronto with buttons, postcards
TORONTO, ON – October 19-26 is Library Week in Ontario, and library workers for the Toronto Public Library City Hall Branch, members of Local 4948 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 4948), marked the occasion with postcards, buttons and some sweet treats. “We wanted to take the opportunity to highlight the contribution libraries…
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