Thumbs up to Durham Region municipalities for recognizing contribution, dedication of early learning and child care staff

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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. OSHAWA, Ont. –Do child care staff and Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) deserve kudos for their skills and a job well done? Durham Region municipalities think they do and child care workers and…

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Hamilton CAS services restored with remaining shutdown days cancelled – workers mobilized to stop the shutdown

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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. HAMILTON, Ont. – Rallying the community and lobbying the provincial government to stand up for fairness for at-risk children and youth in Hamilton, workers from Hamilton Children’s Aid Society (CAS) successfully campaigned…

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New union contract strengthens services provided to people with developmental disabilities

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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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 challenges Community Living Upper Ottawa Valley to join its call for adequate funding for Ontario’s developmental services PEMBROKE, Ont. – By ratifying their first collective agreement, workers who provide services…

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As elephants begin new life, Toronto Zoo workers urge ‘renewed focus’ on conservation, education and research

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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. TORONTO, Ont. – As former Toronto Zoo elephants Thika, Toka and Iringa begin their new lives in California, the President of the Union representing Zoo workers is urging ‘renewal’. “Obviously,…

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Instead of bullying, let’s have an ‘adult conversation’ about ‘flatlined’ city service levels, says CUPE 79 President

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Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. TORONTO, Ont. – The country’s largest local union today welcomed the opportunity to discuss how ‘flatlined’ budgets are harming service levels in community centres and other vital public services across Toronto. …

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If CSA is such a ‘cash machine,’ why are unionized staff being told basic respect is unaffordable, asks CUPE 967

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. TORONTO, Ont. – While the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Canadian Standards Association (CSA), a ‘Not-For-Profit’ company, boasts that this ‘organization’ has become a ‘cash machine’ under his watch, the workers…

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Municipal workers in Schreiber ask provincial conciliator to mediate difficult contract talks – aim to protect public services and avert a strike

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. SCHREIBER, Ont. – Local 87 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), representing 13 municipal workers in the Town of Schreiber, Ontario, has asked for a provincial conciliation officer to assist…

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