With possible strike looming, day care workers deliver solidarity petition but management nowhere to be found

TORONTO – On Friday, as roughly 70 child care workers ran inventive, world-expanding programs, the President of CUPE 2484 attempted to hand deliver a message from workers and parents to the head office of Ideal Child Services Group. Management, though, was nowhere to be found, so Jess Tomas slid the petition and reams of signatures…

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Hospital workers demonstrate at Ajax MPP’s office against government’s expansion of private, for-profit hospital services

While the Ford government plans to double private delivery of MRIs and CT scans, OCHU/CUPE says underused hospital operating rooms should be better utilized AJAX, ON – Hospital workers protested the Ford government’s rapid expansion of health care privatization outside Ontario PC MPP Patrice Barnes’ constituency office in Ajax this morning. In June, the government…

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CUPE warns Peel Regional Council about Ford Government’s privatization plans

MISSISSAUGA, ON – Today, members of CUPE Local 966 addressed Region of Peel councillors  over concerns about the Ford Government’s secrecy around recommendations made by the Peel Transition Board, including the possibility of privatizing necessary public services like the region’s water and wastewater. “While Doug Ford has backtracked on plans to dissolve the region entirely,…

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Hospital workers demonstrate at Toronto MPP’s office against government’s expansion of private, for-profit hospital services

While the Ford government plans to double private delivery of MRIs and CT scans, OCHU/CUPE says underused hospital operating rooms should be better utilized   Toronto, ON – Hospital workers protested the Ford government’s rapid expansion of health care privatization outside Ontario PC MPP Michael Ford’s constituency office in Toronto this morning. In June, the…

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Northeastern Catholic District School Board workers vote to join CUPE

TIMMINS, ON – Workers across various municipalities in northeast Ontario are joining CUPE after a successful union organizing campaign across the Northeastern Catholic District School Board. Approximately 200 new members from Cochrane, Cobalt, Kapuskasing, Timmins, and more are joining CUPE Local 4681 and CUPE’s 55,000 education workers across Ontario. “This is a great step towards…

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Hospital workers demonstrate at Stratford MPP’s office against government’s expansion of private, for-profit hospital services

While the Ford government plans to double private delivery of MRIs and CT scans, OCHU/CUPE says underused hospital operating rooms should be better utilized   Stratford, ON – Hospital workers protested the Ford government’s rapid expansion of health care privatization outside Ontario PC MPP Matthew Rae’s constituency office in Stratford today. In June, the government…

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Sudbury Catholic District School Board workers vote to join CUPE

SUDBURY, ON – Sudbury Catholic District School Board workers are joining CUPE after a successful majority vote and certification at the Ontario Labour Board. The approximately 270 new CUPE members at Sudbury’s Catholic District School Board include educational assistants, early childhood educators, administrative assistants, social workers, speech pathologists, chaplaincy leads and more. “I am thrilled…

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