Health care workers protest government funding cuts at Ontario PC MPP Matthew Rae’s office as billion dollar revenue shortfall looms over Ontario hospitals

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Over 1,000 positions already being eliminated in hospitals including North Bay, GTA, and Hamilton Stratford, ON – Health care workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees held a rally outside local Tory MPP Matthew Rae’s office on Tuesday in response to funding cuts by the Ford government. The government recently directed the hospitals…

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CUPE Ontario trades workers deliver message to Labour Minister Piccini at annual conference

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Toronto – More than 100 trades workers from across Ontario gathered this week for CUPE Ontario’s annual Trades Conference, where they sent a clear message to Labour Minister David Piccini: stop undermining public sector trades workers. During the conference, held at the Sheraton Parkway North in Richmond Hill, delegates participated in a coordinated action urging…

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Statement Black History Month 2026

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This February is the 30th anniversary Black History Month. And while CUPE Ontario marks and celebrates this milestone achievement, we’re also reminded of the harsh realities currently facing our Black and racialized communities. Today, we are witness to the unabashedly direct targeting of Black and racialized people through state-funded immigration enforcement, including the brutality of…

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New report warns of longer wait-times, rushed care, and overcrowded Ontario hospitals as government cuts expected to cause over 10,000 job losses and shortfall of 4,080 beds

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Over one thousand positions already eliminated in multiple hospitals including North Bay, GTA, and Hamilton as hospitals buckle under budgetary pressures TORONTO – As hospitals cut hundreds of jobs and eliminate vacant positions amidst budgetary constraints imposed by the Conservative government, the largest health care union in Ontario is warning about longer wait-times, rushed care,…

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CUPE Ontario Statement Holocaust Remembrance Day

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On January 27th, Holocaust Remembrance Day, CUPE Ontario mourns the six million Jews and millions of “non-Aryans” targeted by the Nazis for extermination.  The Nazis also massacred people with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ individuals, political dissidents, and trade unionists. The Holocaust began long before the death camps. It began by normalizing hate. It began when the government,…

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CUPE 2316 – Workers at CAS Toronto vote to strike, could be off the job within weeks as Union files no board report

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TORONTO – CUPE Local 2316-representing approximately 500 workers at the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto- has filed a ‘No Board’ report, triggering the countdown to be in a legal strike position as early as February 13 while frontline and support workers continue to warn that chronic understaffing and years of government underfunding are putting children…

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Forbes top employer list validates what CUPE 4900 members already know: York Regional Municipality no longer an employer of choice

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Newmarket, ON – This time last year, York Region was celebrating being named one of Canada’s best employers by Forbes. This year, the region didn’t crack the top 300, validating what CUPE 4900 members have long known: York Regional Municipality is no longer an employer of choice. After placing as high as sixth overall in…

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