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DetailsTCEU CUPE Local 416 announces strong strike mandate
TORONTO, ON – Members of the Toronto Civic Employees Union, Local 416 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 416), turned out in large numbers the past two days to provide their bargaining committee with a very strong mandate in support of a number of actions, including a work stoppage. “We are very gratified…
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CUPE launches online campaign in support of Toronto workers
TORONTO, ON – The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) today begins a flight of online and mobile advertising in support of four Toronto locals in bargaining with the City of Toronto. The ads, which will appear on Facebook and Twitter, will run for the next two weeks, reminding Toronto residents that great public services…
DetailsCUPE 1263 donates ‘everyday essentials’ to Niagara Region’s community support agencies
WELLAND, ON – On Monday, December 21, long-term care workers, retirement homes workers and community support workers from the Niagara Region, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 1263, will donate hundreds of ‘everyday essentials’ to seven local community support agencies that help the community’s most vulnerable residents. “Our members are front line…
DetailsFedeli wrong to blame beleaguered NE LHIN for lack of health services in northeastern Ontario
NORTH BAY, ON — The beleaguered North East Local Health Integration Network (NE LHIN) is a “scapegoat” and a pawn in the province’s plan to under-resource health care, says Michael Hurley the president of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU). “While complicit, the LHIN should not be blamed for the lack of health services…
DetailsFrontline child protection workers sound the alarm on CPIN at coroner’s inquest
TORONTO, ON – Child welfare workers worry that the province’s flawed new computer system could endanger children and youth under their care. The workers will seek to have their concerns about the Child Protection Information Network (CPIN) addressed today as part of the Toronto inquest into the death of seven-year-old Katelynn Sampson in 2008. Jordan…
DetailsBlame province for lack of health services in northeastern Ontario, not beleaguered NE LHIN
SUDBURY, ON – The beleaguered North East Local Health Integration Network (NE LHIN) is a “scapegoat” and a pawn in the province’s plan to under-resource health care, says Michael Hurley the president of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU). “While complicit, the LHIN should not be blamed for the lack of health services in…
DetailsFederal government must restore Local Programming Improvement Fund to help keep CHCH afloat: Hamilton hospital staff
HAMILTON, ON – “The federal Liberal government needs to take a broad approach to funding infrastructure and step in now to restore the Local Programming Improvement Fund, cut this year by the CRTC, which pumped between 5 and 8 million dollars annually into CHCH television in Hamilton,” say the presidents of two of Hamilton’s largest community…
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Bargaining resumes tomorrow between CUPE 926 and Wilfrid Laurier University
Custodial workers’ union prepared to negotiate “as long as it takes … but we need a willing partner at the bargaining table,” says CUPE 926 President Allan Savard. WATERLOO, ON – Bargaining will resume tomorrow between Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) and the union representing custodial, groundskeeping and trades workers on campus. Representatives of Local 926 of the…
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