WHITBY, ON—Just weeks after students returned to class and a month since Education Minister Paul Calandra began his scapegoat-the-school-boards media blitz, a new poll has found that a decisive majority of Durham, Ontario residents lay the blame for cuts to public education and the lack of support services in schools at the door of Doug…
DetailsTORONTO – On Saturday, hundreds of education workers from across Ontario rallied at Queens Park to demand the Ford government take immediate action to address the growing crisis of violence in schools. The Ontario government has cut billions from public education since 2018, creating a crisis in underfunding and understaffing at schools across the province.…
DetailsCommunity provides Roadmap to solving issues identified in Auditor’s report ONTARIO – The Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care (OCBCC) is welcoming a new report from Ontario’s Auditor-General, which calls on the Ford government to fix gaps in the early learning and child care system, including improving equitable access and workforce development. The report…
DetailsTORONTO—Doug Ford has once again put Ontario homecare patients last. His announcement on Friday of a hiring freeze for all crown agencies in Ontario, will exacerbate the ongoing workload and staffing shortages being experienced in Ontario’s healthcare system. The hiring freeze comes into effect on the 27th, with the government’s press release stating they will…
DetailsOn September 30, CUPE Ontario and the Indigenous Council join with all CUPE members in solemn commemoration of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This day is one we set aside to honour the survivors of residential schools, the children who never returned home, and the families and communities whose lives and cultures have…
DetailsTimmins, ON –Transit workers in Timmins, Ontario, began a strike today after voting down a tentative agreement that would introduce divisions within the workplace. “Transit workers in Timmins have been among of the lowest-paid in the province, and frustration has been building for years,” said Rosanna Moreau, the secretary-treasurer for CUPE 1544. “One of the…
DetailsJust weeks after students returned to class and a month since Education Minister Paul Calandra began his scapegoat-the-school-boards media blitz, a new poll has found that a decisive majority of Ontarians lay the blame for cuts to public education and the lack of support services in schools at the door of Doug Ford’s Conservatives. The…
DetailsThis past weekend, CUPE members attended the 2025 Ontario New Democratic Party convention in Niagara Falls. In some ways, this convention was a return to our party’s roots: the Ontario NDP was formed by workers and farmers at its founding convention in Niagara Falls in October 1961. On Saturday, ONDP leader Marit Stiles faced a…
DetailsOn Bisexual Visibility Day (September 23) all in CUPE Ontario, led by the Pink Triangle Committee, are proud to extend their solidarity to CUPE members who are bisexual, and to all people and communities who celebrate Bisexual Visibility Day at the end of Bisexuality Awareness Week (September 16 to 23). The associated slogan, “Visibility is…
Details– Striking college support staff are exposing a Greenbelt-style scandal in Ontario’s PSE – CUPE Ontario extends its solidarity and support to the OPSEU-SEFPO members who are on strike at Ontario’s colleges. As college support staff, these workers have a direct impact on students’ experience on campus; their jobs keep college campuses operating. No union…
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