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Ontario school workers say they’ll walk out Friday after province imposes new contract

Support staff in most school boards across the province say they will walk off the job Friday, defying legislation introduced by the education minister to avert a strike while imposing a four-year contract on them. School support staff across the province say they will walk off the job Friday, defying legislation introduced by the education…

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“Negotiate don’t impose”: CUPE Ontario ramps up pressure in the face of legislative attacks on education workers

TORONTO, ON – Education workers and the communities that rely on the delivery of their services will not take the Ford Conservatives’ bully tactics, said the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. “Lecce wants to convince kids and parents and education workers that he has, in his words, no other choice but to introduce…

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Resounding strike vote shows that high-quality education needs high-quality academic jobs: McMaster TAs and RAs

HAMILTON, ON – Teaching assistants (TAs) and research assistants-in-lieu (RAs) at McMaster University delivered a historically high strike vote last week, demonstrating that they are united in their conviction that the best post-secondary education is one supported by good jobs for the 2500-plus student-academic workers on campus. McMaster TAs and RAs, represented by Local 3906…

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Most incumbent Peel councillors, mayors disappoint on commitment to better resident care at regional LTC homes

Mississauga, ON – With the municipal vote this coming Monday, CUPE 966 asked all regional council incumbents including the mayors about their commitment to better long-term care at Peel’s municipal homes. “As workers in long-term care, or as residents of Peel with ageing parents, relatives and friends in the community needing supports as they age, CUPE…

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CUPE Windsor-Essex paramedics call for more provincial funding to alleviate ambulance shortage crisis; endorse emergency declaration by Essex County

WINDSOR, ON – The provincial government needs to take decisive action and fund the solutions that will alleviate the ongoing crisis of ambulance shortages in Essex County, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 2974. “As paramedics, we have been struggling to serve our communities in Essex County, due to chronic understaffing and persistent…

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CUPE calls for the immediate addition of 120 hospital staff at Sudbury’s HSN to deal with fall/winter COVID wave and flu season

SUDBURY, ON – Today, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) called for the immediate addition of 120 full-time staff at Sudbury’s Health Sciences North (HSN) to deal with higher patient volumes from this fall and winter’s COVID-19 wave and the coming flu season. This is on top of to the hundreds more staff needed…

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“We can make life in Ontario affordable”: CUPE Ontario’s statement on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

Every single one of us knows the moment we’re in, all too well. The cost of living is skyrocketing and our wages simply aren’t keeping up. We know it because it’s splashed on the front pages of every major newspaper. Because more and more workers are visiting food banks. Because our neighbours can’t pay rent.…

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Education Workers to Enter Mediation in Pursuit of Student Success and Good Jobs

TORONTO, ON – The central bargaining committee for Ontario’s lowest-paid frontline education workers will enter into mediation with the Ontario government and Council of Trustees’ Association (CTA) on October 17. Respected mediator William Kaplan, who helped this group of workers and the Ford government reach a settlement in 2019, will assist the parties as they…

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