‘A good day is only getting hit three times’: CUPE education workers from across the province demand action at Queens Park as school violence soars across Ontario

Education, Solidarity

TORONTO – 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.…

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Parents and educators urge Ford to sign new federal child care agreement, in light of Auditor-General’s report

Child Care, Solidarity

Community 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…

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Transit workers reject deal that leaves some local workers behind

Solidarity, Strike 2025- 1544

Timmins, 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…

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Not fooled by Conservatives’ scapegoating school boards, Ontarians blame Ford’s underfunding, not trustees, for school cuts: poll

School Boards, Solidarity

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 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…

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Bisexual Visibility Day 2025

Pink Triangle, Solidarity

On 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…

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In solidarity with OPSEU-SEFPO members

Solidarity

– 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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Union begins hospital contract talks for 45,000 hospital workers today

Health Care, Solidarity

Nurse-to-patient ratios, job security in the age of AI, and compensation are the union’s key priorities TORONTO – The province’s largest hospital sector union representing 45,000 staff begins bargaining today with the Ontario Hospital Association. CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU-CUPE) says its main priorities are nurse-to-patient ratios, job security, and compensation. “There are over 100…

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