Ontario government funding announcement for developmental services big on numbers, short on detail

2007-2014 Archives

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. CUPE Ontario cautions that residential supports for 1400 won’t eliminate current waitlist of 12,000; timeframe leaves many families years away from help TORONTO, Ont. – The Canadian Union of Public Employees…

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International Day of Pink

2007-2014 Archives

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. On Wednesday, April 9, we are wearing pink in recognition of the International Day of Pink, a day against bullying, discrimination, homophobia and transphobia in schools and communities. The Day…

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Through community engagement, CUPE 79 helps make annual ball hockey tournament “the ‘best-est’ Saturday ever” for hundreds of city kids

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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. TORONTO, Ont. – The Union representing 20,000 City of Toronto ‘Inside’ workers wants the ‘best-est’ ball hockey tournament in Toronto to be the biggest. On the heels of this weekend’s successful…

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Day of Mourning April 28th

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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Remember the canary The tiny canary was once the only safeguard mine workers had against danger in the workplace. If the canary died, it was a signal to evacuate the…

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Developmental service workers demand government stand up for equal treatment by enforcing pay equity award

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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Insufficient funding no excuse in light of leaked budget plans, workers say Following the leaked announcement of major new planned funding for developmental services in Ontario, workers in the sector are…

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Sault Ste. Marie MPP must act quickly, show he cares – Stop cuts, deliver increased funding for vulnerable FJ Davey Home residents

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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Sault Ste. Marie, ON – At a Sault Ste. Marie media conference today, FJ Davey Home residents’ families and care staff called on area MPP David Orazietti to intervene to stop cuts…

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‘Why fix something that is not broken?’ Ask seniors, disabled and their families as they continue the plea to stop the switch of service providers at York homes

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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. NEWMARKET, Ont. – As seniors and the disabled brace themselves for a change in caregivers at York Region homes, starting April 1, residents and their families are questioning why the government is…

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Cuts to resident care at FJ Davey concern families, care staff holding media conference Wednesday, April 2 – 12 noon, Delta Waterfront

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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Call on MPP Orazietti to act Sault Ste. Marie, ON – Significant cuts to residents’ care at the FJ Davey Home is “extremely worrisome,” say resident family members and front line…

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