Hydro selloff a disaster in the making
Hydro selloff a disaster in the making
Wynne budget helping Bay Street, not Ontarians
TORONTO, ON – Today’s Ontario budget begins a massive sell-off of public assets and service cuts that will reward bankers, but hurt Ontarians, says Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. “Nobody voted for this,” said Hahn. “Selling off Hydro One and merging distribution companies will hand millions in…
DetailsWe can’t live on $4.92 an hour Hospital staff protest SickKids sick plan Thursday at noon
Toronto, ON ― Excellent care for children is the history of the The Hospital for Sick Children. But the hospital “leaves its sick and disabled staff in poverty,” says Michael Hurley, president of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU). Unlike almost all hospital employees who are covered under the Hospitals of Ontario Disability…
DetailsCUPE Ontario leadership dedicates half-million dollars to stop Hydro One privatization
TORONTO, ON – The executive board of Ontario’s largest union has approved a half-million-dollar budget for the first phase of a campaign to stop the province’s selloff of Hydro One. “Across the province, people are waking up to the reality that our transmission and distribution lines are being sold off. The public is losing…
DetailsEmergency Telephone Townhall with CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn to discuss Hydro Privatization
Join an Emergency Telephone Townhall with CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn to discuss our plan to fight Hydro Privatization. Kathleen Wynne has announced that she’s moving ahead to sell 60% of Hydro One. Selling any portion of a vital public asset that makes us hundreds of millions a year is a bad idea. Our hydro…
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CUPE Ontario in solidarity with striking high school workers in Durham
CUPE Ontario sends a message of support and solidarity to the members of the Ontario Secondary School Teacher’s Federation (OSSTF) who began a strike in Durham Region today. CUPE Ontario is the province’s community union, representing 255,000 members in cities, towns and villages all across the province, including 55,000 education workers in schools across Ontario.…
DetailsCUPE Ontario in solidarity with striking high school workers in Durham
CUPE Ontario sends a message of support and solidarity to the members of the Ontario Secondary School Teacher’s Federation (OSSTF) who began a strike in Durham Region today. CUPE Ontario is the province’s community union, representing 255,000 members in cities, towns and villages all across the province, including 55,000 education workers in schools across…
DetailsCUPE vows to fight Liberal plan to privatize Hydro One: Public will pay with lost control, rising rates
Toronto, ON. – CUPE Ontario is mounting a massive campaign to stop Premier Kathleen Wynne’s plans to privatize Hydro One, CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn announced today. “The Hydro One selloff is a short-sighted plan by the Liberal government that will mean higher electricity bills and a loss of billions in long-term revenue that…
DetailsWork with us to expand patient transport; don’t outsource–says union
HAMILTON, Ont. – St. Joseph Hospital staff today called for an end to contracted-out patient transfer costs, including nearly $300,000 in taxi cab bills, money they said could be used to expand the cost-effective, in-hospital patient transport service that the hospital now intends to eliminate on June 28. As the provincial government further continues to…
DetailsHorwath: Privatizing hydro is a very bad idea, Andrea Horwath, Leader, Ontario NDP
Horwath: Privatizing hydro is a very bad idea, Andrea Horwath, Leader, Ontario NDP
