The webcast has now ended for Convention 2023 En français All CUPE members can watch the live stream from the floor and be part of the CUPE Ontario Convention by registering for the webcast using the form below. Your Full Name (required) Your Email (required) Are you a CUPE member? YesNo Would you also like…
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Canadian Union of Public Employees Ontario president Fred Hahn was in Peterborough on Wednesday and joined CUPE Local 126 president Michelle Lavallee in showing support for the Peterborough Health Coalition’s campaign opposing the provincial government’s plan to shift a few surgical procedures to private clinics in a bid to address waiting times and free up…
DetailsToronto, ON – Clients haven’t seen the cracks in services, but workers at Children’s Aid Society of Toronto (CAST) have felt them growing for years. Now these critical front line workers and support staff have delivered a near unanimous mandate, authorizing their leadership to call a strike if their employer refuses to meet the growing…
DetailsToronto, ON – After a years-long fight, first to organize and then to achieve their first collective agreement, Toronto City Council is threatening to flip contracts on a group of unionized crossing guards. City staff have made a recommendation on the next round of crossing guard contracts, and 386 unionized workers with CUPE Local 5519…
DetailsTIMMINS, ON – A 95% supermajority of frontline education workers at Northeastern Catholic District School Board have signed an open letter to their school board trustees that was published as a full-page advertisement in today’s issues of the Cochrane Times-Post, Iroquois Falls Enterprise, Kirkland Lake Northern News This Week, and Timmins Times. The workers’ letter…
DetailsTORONTO – A long-awaited legal judgment has been hailed as a major victory for both workers and passenger safety by the union that represents electrical, signals and communication workers at the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). A judgment handed down yesterday by Justice Chalmers of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found that the TTC Act,…
DetailsToronto, ON – After three months of bargaining, workers at the Workplace Safety and Insurance board (WSIB) have voted 97.3% in favour of strike action as bargaining reaches a critical point. “With a participation rate of over 87%, my co-workers have sent a powerful message to our employer. We are united. We are determined. We…
DetailsToronto, ON – Early childhood educators (ECEs) and assistant teachers at Selwyn Community Childcare Centre have ratified a new four-year collective agreement. The tentative deal was reached on the final night of bargaining before a strike was set to begin following months of an impasse. These early years professionals are members of CUPE Local 2484,…
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ST. CATHARINES, ON – Amidst a long and frustrating round of bargaining, municipal employees represented by CUPE 150 and CUPE 157 delivered a strong mandate on Wednesday evening authorizing their leadership to call a strike if negotiations fail. CUPE 150 and 157 members voted 95 and 86 per cent in favour of strike action, respectively.…
DetailsOTTAWA, ON – A staggering number of Ottawa registered practical nurses (RPNs) may leave their jobs based on poll findings showing that more than 60% surveyed are considering quitting, driven out of health care by understaffing and low wages. In Ottawa that could mean that over 1200 RPNs currently working at the six city hospitals…
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