Windsor, ON — Harry Goslin, President of the Ontario Compensation Employees Union (OCEU/CUPE 1750), will join striking Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) workers on the picket line in Windsor on Friday, June 13, in a show of solidarity as the province-wide strike marks its third week. Goslin will visit workers on the line at…
DetailsTORONTO – The Ontario Compensation Employees Union (OCEU/CUPE 1750) is renewing its call for accountability at the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), after revelations the union first brought forward, a growing claims backlog and costly shortcuts, which continue to be downplayed and denied by WSIB leadership. Despite internal evidence to the contrary, WSIB leadership…
DetailsTORONTO – Today marks three full weeks on strike for 3,600 members of the Ontario Compensation Employees Union (OCEU/CUPE 1750), in the first full-scale work stoppage in the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s (WSIB) 110-year history. As the Ford government continues to ignore calls to resolve the dispute, the impact on injured workers is growing.…
DetailsLONDON, ON – Harry Goslin, President of the Ontario Compensation Employees Union (OCEU/CUPE 1750), will join striking Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) workers on the picket line in London on Thursday, June 12, in a show of solidarity as the historic province-wide strike enters its fourth week. Goslin will visit workers on the line…
DetailsHAMILTON, ON – As the strike by 3,600 members of the Ontario Compensation Employees Union (OCEU/CUPE 1750) approaches its third week, the Hamilton District Labour Council (HDLC) will join picketing WSIB workers for a solidarity rally on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at noon. The rally will take place on the picket line outside the WSIB…
DetailsTORONTO – CUPE 416 is encouraged by the City of Toronto’s announcement of a multi-year staffing plan for Toronto Paramedic Services, calling the move a long-overdue step toward addressing critical service and staffing challenges. “We’re encouraged to see the City finally taking steps to address the pressures our paramedics have been facing for years,” said…
DetailsTORONTO – Missed medical appointments, missing hearing aids, and all manner of services for Deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing Ontarians missing in action: that is the result of a seven week long strike at Canadian Hearing Services (CHS). Now two leading Deaf and hard of hearing advocacy groups are calling attention to the deleterious…
DetailsTORONTO – After more than three months of bargaining, members of the Toronto Civic Employees’ Union, CUPE 416, who work at Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC), have ratified a new collective agreement. “We’re proud of the work our members do every day to support TCHC tenants, and this agreement reflects the value of that work,”…
DetailsBROCKVILLE, ON – CUPE education workers across the Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB) are speaking out after some members received reprimands from the school board for signing a public petition calling on trustees to address chronic understaffing, understaffing and escalating violence in schools. “This is a blatant attempt to intimidate and silence workers who…
DetailsNearly three in four Ontarians want provincial government to prioritize spending on public hospitals instead of private clinics: new poll Cornwall, ON – The privatization of hospital services in Ontario is negatively impacting the vast majority of Cornwall residents, as people with affluence gain increased access to private clinics at the expense of everyone else,…
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