Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. February 10, 2015 CUPE welcomes government’s independent review of SAMS The SSWCC welcomed today’s announcement by the Minister of Community and Social Services (MCSS) of an independent review of the…
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CUPE Ontario’s university workers join local campus representatives to highlight underfunding and lack of transparency HAMILTON, Ont. – It’s a question you hear all the time on campus, especially when you break it down to its three-letter acronym – WTF or Where’s The Funding? Today, university workers, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees…
DetailsCITY OF KAWARTHA LAKES, Ont. – A dangerous and outmoded staffing situation at homeless shelter, A Place Called Home, is putting both residents and workers in jeopardy and the practice has become a major focus of concern for employees at the Lindsay shelter. The 19-bed homeless shelter provides accommodation and support to men, women, youth,…
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A message from CUPE Ontario’s Social Service Workers Coordinating Committee The SSWCC welcomed today’s announcement by the Minister of Community and Social Services (MCSS) of an independent review of the problem-plagued Social Assistance Management System (SAMS). The announcement comes on the heels of Friday’s productive meeting between frontline CUPE members from Ontario Works and the…
DetailsNew Report exposes huge flaws in the numbers behind the government’s push to close schools TORONTO,ON – It’s time to put the brakes on school closures, warns Ontario’s largest union, in light of a new report showing estimates used by the province to justify closures are inaccurate. “Bad math should never be used to justify…
DetailsCITY OF KAWARTHA LAKES, Ont. – A dangerous and outmoded staffing situation at homeless shelter, A Place Called Home, is putting both residents and workers in jeopardy and the practice has become a major focus of concern for employees at the Lindsay shelter. The 19-bed homeless shelter provides accommodation and support to men, women, youth,…
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