TORONTO, ON – CUPE 3902 and CUPE 3261, representing two bargaining units of approximately 1,100 contract education workers and 700 full time and part time front-line service workers respectively, held a rally to call on U of T to support good jobs and avert potential strikes. “Good jobs are disappearing at U of T, while…
DetailsTORONTO, ON – Today’s fall economic statement is proof that the Ford government has failed to hear the outcry from so many quarters across the province, said leaders of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario, who warned that continuing neglect of public services harms Ontarians. Delivered today by Minister of Finance Peter Bethlenfalvy,…
DetailsTORONTO, ON – The following is a statement from Laura Walton, educational assistant and president of CUPE’s Ontario School Boards Council of Unions: “This afternoon, Ontario’s education workers have their rights back. With the shadow of Bill 28 lifted, education workers can now focus on achieving a fairly negotiated collective agreement that meets the needs…
DetailsTORONTO, ON – “Good riddance” was CUPE Ontario’s departing comment on the repeal of Bill 28, the anti-worker legislation introduced less than two weeks ago by the Ford government and rescinded following a historic pushback by education and their allies. “This attack on workers’ rights, delivered under the guise of legislation, has been consigned to…
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MEMORANDUM DATE: November 14, 2022 TO: All National Representatives FROM: Christina Gilligan, Associate Coordinator – Child Care RE: Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Plan In March 2022, the Ontario government signed on to the Canada Wide Early Learning and Child Care plan (CWELCC). But, they have…
DetailsThis is a historic day, friends. The Ford Conservatives have announced they would Repeal Bill 28 and get back to the bargaining table because of our coordinated, impassioned, and powerful pressure. 55,000 education workers – with the unwavering support of the rest of CUPE Ontario, the entire Canadian labour movement, and allies from every community…
DetailsTORONTO, ON – Contract academic workers at the University of Toronto (U of T) have given their bargaining team an 85% mandate in favour of strike action, strongly backing up workers’ demands for greater job security that will bring benefits to students as well as workers. Contract instructors and assistants (also known as sessional lecturers…
DetailsWINDSOR, ON – A provincial wage enhancement for personal support workers (PSWs) that was supposed to have been made permanent disappeared from paycheques without warning to workers at Regency Park Nursing Home, a private, for-profit long-term care facility in Windsor, Ontario. “We were shocked, to say the least. We thought it must have been an…
DetailsNORTH BAY, ON – In their own words North Bay Regional Health Centre (NBRHC) registered practical nurses, cleaners, care aides and other staff flag a culture of management bullying and just plain indifference to their daily struggles at work, in a recent survey conducted by the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions-CUPE. The comment segment of…
DetailsOn Monday, October 31st, the Ford Conservatives took the unprecedented step of proposing legislation that would force a contract on education workers, violating workers’ constitutional right to bargain fairly, keeping many workers in poverty, instead of continuing with negotiations. To pass it, they’ve invoked the notwithstanding clause, overriding the Charters’ protections of the fundamental right…
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