CUPE National and Ontario leaders lead solidarity rally for striking Bonfield workers on Thursday

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. BONFIELD, Ont. – Paul Moist, National President of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), along with CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn and Sid Ryan, President of the Ontario Federation of Labour…

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Bonfield Mayor’s firing of one-third of the strikers will backfire, charges CUPE

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. BONFIELD, ONTARIO–(Sept. 10, 2013) – After publicly stating that he’s hopeful a resolution can be worked out to end the six-week Bonfield municipal strike, Mayor Randall McLaren fired five municipal workers today,…

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New study on C. difficile suggests benefits of rapid testing – Union calls on Ontario to lead in development

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario.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, ON – A major study of 12,000 samples from patients with C. difficile in four  hospitals in the United Kingdom (UK), published in respected medical journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases this…

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CUPE 1001 requests ‘no-board’ report as negotiations with University of Windsor stall

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. WINDSOR, Ont. – The University of Windsor needs to ‘get serious’ about negotiating a fair collective agreement with its food service and maintenance staff, the President of Local 1001 of the Canadian…

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CUPE 1393 calls on university to ‘finish the job – let’s negotiate, so we can celebrate’

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. WINDSOR, Ont. – Negotiations are at a crucial stage between Local 1393 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 1393) and the University of Windsor administration, with the sides being in…

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We need unions today more than ever

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Waterloo Region Record Sat Aug 31 2013 Byline: Marc Xuereb Is Labour Day an anachronism in 21st-century Canada? Many pundits and politicians would have us think so. But the cry of society’s…

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“Right To Work” For Less

Note: This page contains outdated content and may not appear correctly.Please Click Here to find recent news, events and information from CUPE Ontario. Bankers get bailed out, corporations get incentives, economies get stimulus… But workers just keep getting worked over, and ‘Right to Work’ laws threaten to take this attack much further! …

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