CUPE Ontario Statement for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

Global estimates show that more than 5 women or girls are killed every hour by someone in their own family. This is unacceptable. Being the most common human rights violation worldwide, violence against women and girls affects more than 1 in 3 women, a statistic that has changed very little over the last ten years.…

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Premier Ford ‘pushing public system to collapse’: five largest health care unions join forces, make SOS appeal to save our public hospitals

TORONTO – In a historic moment, Ontario’s five largest health care unions have joined forces, issuing an SOS appeal to Premier Doug Ford and Health Minister Sylvia Jones: your plan is failing – take action and adopt our solutions to stabilize Ontario’s crashing health care system today. The PC “plan” is failing miserably. The unions…

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“A good deal can avert a strike”: University of Toronto Sessional Lecturers, Writing Instructors, Music Professionals

(Toronto, ON) Sessional Lecturers, Writing Instructors, Music Professionals and others at the University of Toronto are escalating their call for a good deal ahead of a potential strike. “The cost of living is skyrocketing and yet Unit 3 members are subject to wage restraint legislation,” said Amy Conwell, President of CUPE Local 3902. “This is…

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CUPE-OSBCU bargaining committee will bring tentative agreement to frontline education workers for vote by end of the week

TORONTO, ON – The central bargaining committee for 55,000 frontline education workers who are members of CUPE’s Ontario School Boards Council of Unions (OSBCU) has reached a tentative agreement with the provincial government and the Council of Trustees’ Associations (CTA). “The tentative agreement includes a flat-rate wage increase, instead of a percentage,” said CUPE-OSBCU president…

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“We’re on strike for good jobs and better pay”: CUPE teaching and researching assistants at McMaster head to the picket lines

(Hamilton, ON) About 2,800 teaching and research assistants at McMaster University are on strike following an impasse in negotiations, says CUPE Local 3906. “We would rather continue delivering the services students rely on, but we’ve also always been prepared to strike for good jobs if we needed to,” said Chris Fairweather, President of CUPE Local…

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“It’s time to support good jobs and avert a strike”: CUPE teaching and researching assistants in final days of bargaining with McMaster

(Hamilton, ON) About 2,800 teaching and research assistants at McMaster University are bargaining for better wages and job security ahead of a November 21st strike deadline, says CUPE Local 3906. “We’re still right in the middle of historic inflation and our wages just haven’t been keeping up with the rising cost of living,” said Chris…

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“Historic member organizing helped make important gains”: tentative deal between CUPE front-line service workers and U of T

(TORONTO, ON) A strike has been averted and 700 full time and part time front-line service workers have made important gains in a tentative agreement, says CUPE 3261. “I’m so proud of the members for the powerful example of workplace organizing,” said Allan James, President of CUPE 3261. “Thanks to their historic organizing, we sent…

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CUPE calls for audit of executive compensation at Canadian Hearing Services, shines light on face of inequity under Bill 124

TORONTO, ON – The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) has written to the ministers of health and of community and social services calling for an audit of executive compensation at Canadian Hearing Services (CHS) after learning of sharp increases at a time when front-line workers are living under provincial wage restraint legislation. In the…

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Education workers serve five days’ strike notice as government refuses to fund vital services for students

Toronto, ON – After getting an imposed contract that would have further harmed Ontario schools off their backs with the repeal of Bill 28, Ontario’s lowest-paid education workers have given five days’ notice of a potential province-wide strike. CUPE’s Ontario School Boards Council of Unions (OSBCU) central bargaining committee, negotiating for 55,000 frontline education workers,…

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