TORONTO, ON – The Ontario government’s plans to sell all or part of Hydro One to pay for infrastructure is not only short-sighted, it would run afoul of provincial laws, according to a legal opinion released today at Queen’s Park. “Hydro One is a valuable public asset – something we all own together, that provides…
DetailsKathleen Wynne Should Pull the Plug on Hydro Privatization, Andrea Horwath, Leader, Ontario NDP
TORONTO, ON – Establishing a system to combat climate change and generate new revenue for projects with social and environmental benefits is an important and positive decision says Fred Hahn, president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. “Climate change is the biggest environmental and economic challenge of our generation, and Ontario…
DetailsTORONTO, ON – Wednesday morning at Queen’s Park, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario will release a legal opinion from Steven Shrybman, a partner at Sack Goldblatt Mitchell, on the provincial government’s plans to sell a stake in Hydro One. CUPE requested the opinion because of concerns over the legality of government…
DetailsToronto, ON ― Claudia George front line staff at a Toronto nursing home where a resident was killed by another resident in 2013, today urged Ontario’s health minister to intervene immediately to stop a 200 hour a week cut to resident care at the home. At a Queen’s Park media conference, George cautioned that The…
DetailsTORONTO – Results have been tallied in strike votes held across Ontario over the month of March, and education workers have given their union a 93% mandate to take job action if necessary in the current round of provincial negotiations. “That number says it all,” said Terri Preston, chair of CUPE’s provincial school board bargaining…
DetailsAcross the province, thousands of CUPE Ontario members will wear pink on April 8 in recognition of the International Day of Pink. We wear pink on this day as part of our continuing stand against bullying, discrimination, homophobia and transphobia in our schools and communities. The Day of Pink began in 2007, when two Nova…
DetailsToronto, ON ― A 200 hour a week cut to resident care at the Wexford Residence, the Toronto nursing home where a resident was brutally killed in 2013 by another resident, poses a safety risk, warn front line staff holding a media conference this Thursday, April 9 (11:30 a.m.) at the Queen’s Park media studio.…
DetailsToronto, ON – Home care and community-based personal support workers (PSWs) were left in the lurch yesterday, waiting for a much anticipated $1.50 wage increase, promised to them by the Ontario Premier and the former health minister. The April 1, $1.50 raise, is the second in a series of phased-in PSW wage enhancements totalling $4/hour…
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