Facing a strike deadline, Region of Waterloo breaks commitments made to CUPE 1656 members during negotiations

Solidarity

WATERLOO, ON – Facing a strike deadline of March 3, The Region of Waterloo is backtracking on its proposals made during negotiations to CUPE 1656 members who work for the region, offering wage increases significantly lower than ones they had originally already proposed. “We went into negotiations with the Region last week, hoping we would…

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CUPE education workers call on the Ford government to immediately increase school board funding: Survey of 12,000 CUPE education workers finds extreme underfunding and understaffing has caused widespread violence, burnout and lack of services in Peterborough-area schools

School Boards

PETERBOROUGH, ON – At a press conference this morning CUPE locals representing more than 3200 education workers in the Peterborough area called on the Ford government to immediately increase funding for school boards and remedy the crisis in understaffing, sky rocketing violence, and lack of student supports. A recent survey of Ontario education workers, including…

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Adults with developmental disabilities, workers, and community members invite candidates to dance, commit to support

Solidarity, Workers with Disabilities

GUELPH, ON – Days before the provincial election, as people are making their final determinations on how to vote, adults with developmental disabilities and the workers who support them are inviting candidates to a community dance. Attendees will have the chance to fill their dance card with commitments from candidates to invest in much needed…

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“Women and children will suffer most”: Durham District School Board to shutter beloved childminding program for newcomers to Canada

Child Care

Durham Region, ON – A beloved childminding program for newcomers to Canada will be closing its doors and laying off nine childminding professionals in the Durham region. The Care for Newcomer Children (CNC) offers free on-site childminding services for newcomer parents attending English language classes. The CNC has provided free childminding services for over 25…

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“Ontario’s school boards are in severe crisis”: Survey of 12,000 CUPE education workers finds extreme underfunding and understaffing has caused widespread violence, burnout and lack of supports for students in Brantford-area schools

School Boards

BRANTFORD, ON – A recent survey of Ontario education workers including Educational Assistants, Early Childhood Educators, Child and Youth workers, custodians, maintenance and trades workers, and school secretaries represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) shows that a severe crisis in underfunding has led…

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“Ontario’s school boards are in severe crisis”: Survey of 12,000 CUPE education workers finds extreme underfunding and understaffing has caused widespread violence, burnout and lack of supports for students in Hamilton-area schools

School Boards

HAMILTON, ON – A recent survey of Ontario education workers including Educational Assistants, Early Childhood Educators, Child and Youth workers, custodians, maintenance and trades workers, and school secretaries represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) shows that a severe crisis in underfunding has led…

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