Kathy MacKinnon from Local 7800 in Hamilton received this year’s CUPE Ontario Health and Safety Award. For 25 years, Sister Kathy has served on local and joint health and safety committees, representing more than 3800 members at six hospitals and five satellite sites in Hamilton Health Sciences. Asbestos is a key issue for Sister Kathy…
DetailsTORONTO, ON – Hailing from every corner of the province, hundreds of members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario will join the rally at Queen’s Park on Thursday to Keep Hydro Public. CUPE Ontario has repeatedly raised concerns expressed by leading economists and legal experts that the proposed Hydro One privatization…
DetailsTORONTO, ON – CUPE’s 55, 000 education workers in Ontario are appalled at the decision of the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) to declare the teachers’ strikes in Durham, Peel and Rainbow Boards to be unlawful. “The Durham, Peel and Rainbow boards should have been focussed on getting deals at their local bargaining tables rather…
DetailsToronto, ON – More than 1000 members of Ontario’s largest union will meet in Toronto this week at the 52nd annual CUPE Ontario Convention, May 27-30 at the Toronto Sheraton Centre Hotel. “Years of cuts are putting tremendous pressure on communities across Ontario. Report after report shows rising poverty, more and more people in precarious…
DetailsToronto – CUPE Ontario is denouncing the provincial government’s move to introduce back-to-work legislation against striking teachers. “Premier Wynne committed to restoring labour peace after the disaster that was Bill 115 – specifically by respecting the collective bargaining process,” said Fred Hahn, president of CUPE Ontario. “Back-to-work legislation is the antithesis of respect for the…
DetailsLONDON, Ont. – The City of London’s 750 ‘inside’ municipal workers, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), will be on the picket line Monday morning, after bargaining talks with management broke down once again this (Saturday) afternoon when the employer wasted an opportunity to settle this dispute by again tabling concession demands…
DetailsLONDON, Ont. – Encouraged by Mayor Brown’s remarks yesterday afternoon that he ‘wanted to see employees at work on Monday,’ CUPE is ready and available to bargain today if the city is prepared to return to talks to reach a concessions-free contract so workers can continue to provide services that Londoners rely on. “We’ve…
DetailsLONDON, Ont. – Last minute talks to avert a strike between the City of London and its ‘inside’ municipal workers have ended with the City maintaining their position to take away current provisions in the collective agreement of CUPE 101 – pushing the City’s 750 front-line ‘inside’ workers out on the picket line on Monday…
DetailsLONDON, Ont. – City of London management failed to back away from concession demands as contract talks passed the midnight legal lockout or strike deadline Friday night, making the likelihood of a service shutdown all but certain, says CUPE. “Our members are ready to take our struggle to the picket lines unless management moves…
DetailsTORONTO, Ont. – More than 1000 members of Ontario’s largest union will be in Toronto next week for the 52nd annual Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario Convention. The Convention, which runs May 27-30 at the Toronto Sheraton Centre Hotel, has an exciting lineup, with guest speakers including Federal NDP Leader Tom Mulcair and…
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