CUPE Ontario is Ontario’s community union. As Indigenous peoples and as settler-allies operating on colonized land, our union has a collective responsibility to recognize and honour the inherent rights and treaty rights of all Indigenous peoples. First Nations are sovereign nations that possess inherent rights to self-determination. This includes the right to food sovereignty…
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CUPE Ontario is a signatory to the Ontario Alliance Against School Closure’s open letter to the Minister of Education, Mitzie Hunter, protesting ongoing school closures across the province. The text of the letter can be found below. October 25, 2016 Open Letter to Minister of Education, Mitzie Hunter The Honourable Minister of Education,…
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MISSISSAUGA, ON – A nine-week long strike between the Children’s Aid Society of the Region of Peel (Peel CAS) and the union representing 435 front-line, administrative and support staff will continue after Peel CAS rejected a proposal to send all outstanding issues to binding arbitration. “We have been informed by the provincially-appointed conciliation officer…
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HAMILTON, ON — Improving care quality and safety for nearly 80,000 residents in long-term care homes requires the “political will and a non-partisan approach” by Ontario’s political parties to pass legislation that mandates a daily four hour resident care standard, said a resident family advocates and front line care staff, at a Hamilton media conference…
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HAMILTON, ON — Following tragic stories coming from several Ontario long-term care homes this month, there’s a renewed scrutiny on resident care quality and safety and “urgency make a daily 4 hour resident care standard the law,” say advocates. On Tuesday, November 15, 2016 care providers and residents’ family advocates are holding a media…
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When life presents challenges, some people just rise to the top. Lori Wightman is one of those people. As a self-described introvert, Lori quietly saw to the needs of her fellow CUPE 2974 library workers over the past ten years. She never expected to find herself leading a strike. “Even when the employer came to…
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PETERBOROUGH, ON — Improving care quality and safety for nearly 80,000 residents in long-term care homes requires the “political will and a non-partisan approach” by Ontario’s political parties to pass legislation that mandates a daily four hour resident care standard, said a resident family advocate, an academic researcher, and front line care staff, at a…
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THUNDER BAY, ON – Members of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 87, who work for the City of Thunder Bay, have voted to accept their employer’s last offer in recent negotiations. This will conclude negotiations for the approximately 700 inside and outside municipal workers, whose last contract expired nearly two years ago. “This…
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PETERBOROUGH, ON — Following tragic stories coming from several Ontario long-term care homes this month, there’s a renewed scrutiny on resident care quality and safety. There is no doubt say Peterborough area personal support workers, registered practical nurses and others working on the front lines in long-term, along with residents’ families, that the crisis in…
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SUDBURY, ON — Health Sciences North (HSN) is rationalizing “an unpopular decision” to export the jobs of 40 local hospital laundry workers out of Sudbury by “suggesting it is cheaper” to ship its dirty linen to southern Ontario for cleaning, says Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) president Michael Hurley. “Even if we accept the…
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