HALIBURTON, Ont. ― Years of flat provincial funding for hospital services is hurting patient care in communities across Ontario, say hospital workers rallying in Haliburton and Minden tomorrow (Friday, June 5, 2015). Rural hospitals across the province are particularly hard-hit with severe cuts to care and services. “It’s very important for communities like…
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TORONTO, ON – CUPE Ontario vowed to ramp up pressure in the fight against the sale of Hydro One as the government used its majority in the legislature to force through its omnibus budget bill. Bill 91 enacts laws that allows the Liberal-engineered sell-off of our provincial electricity system, Hydro One. Despite enormous public opposition…
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SOLIDARITY RALLY & BBQ – TUESDAY, JULY 21ST CUPE 101, representing ‘inside’ municipal workers in the City of London, are on strike to fight their employer’s attempt to extract concessions from their collective agreement. The local’s 750 front-line workers, mostly women, feel targeted because other City workers, including fire, police and the outside unit, retained…
DetailsTORONTO, ON – Members of Ontario’s largest union took a historic step last week, changing their union’s constitution to ensure broader diversity on its executive board, which will enhance the union’s work against the austerity agenda. Delegates to the 52nd annual convention of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) voted overwhelmingly to expand the…
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Tom Mulcair, NDP Leader and soon to be Canada’s first New democratic Prime Minister, electrified the CUPE Ontario convention with a rousing address on his NDP team’s plan, with the help of CUPE members, to build a better Canada. “When I hear CUPE say it’s partners with the NDP, nothing makes me prouder,” said Mulcair,…
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CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn kicked off Convention on Wednesday morning with an electrifying speech that pledged to defend public services and public employees from the austerity agenda, and protect Ontario’s public power from privatization. “The hydro grid is there because our parents and grandparents bought and paid for it with their taxes. It belongs…
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Robert Gauthier, winner of CUPE Ontario’s Injured Worker Advocate Award, is VP of CUPE Local 4000 and chairs the local’s WSIB/Return-to-Work committee. According to his executive, he is a formidable force on behalf of injured workers. “He knows his stuff extremely well, he works incredibly hard and he always manages to get the best terms…
DetailsThis year’s Sisters in Solidarity Award was presented to Pam Parks of CUPE Local 1999 in Oshawa. Sister Pam, who works at Lakeridge Health, was nominated for her support of social justice, union solidarity and fairness. Her nominees cited her encouragement of new and young workers, which led one of them to join the CUPE…
DetailsCUPE Ontario Secretary-Treasurer Candace Rennick greeted delegates in dramatic fashion Thursday morning. Holding a copy of our loan agreement, Sister Candace informed delegates that every penny of CUPE Ontario’s debt has been paid off. Then, with a flourish, she tore up the agreement. “The good news I bring to you is that we did it…
DetailsFollowing a year-long formal review, a large majority of delegates voted in favour of “historic change,” as CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn put it, by changing the CUPE Ontario Executive Board to meet the needs of our diverse membership. The new structure moves from three diversity vice-presidents to six equality representatives and a representative from…
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