Toronto mayors John Tory and Rob Ford, spent more than a decade ignoring what the pandemic laid bare — Toronto is a city that only works for some. Toronto is a great city — for some. Making Toronto a great city for everyone will take vision and action. That’s why the unexpected mayoral election…
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OTTAWA, Canada – A third of Canada’s public servants set up pickets at hundreds of sites across the country Wednesday demanding cost-of-living raises and telework flexibility in one of the largest strikes in the nation’s history. After months of negotiating with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government, the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) said…
DetailsOTTAWA, ON – Teaching assistants and contract instructors at Carleton University in Ottawa have voted in favour of new collective agreements negotiated after strike that began March 27, according to Local 4600 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). “This has been a very difficult round of bargaining, and our members have let us…
DetailsPORT COLBORNE, ON – Developmental service workers represented by CUPE Local 2276 and Community Living Port Colborne-Wainfleet (CLPCW) have ratified a new two-year collective agreement. The tentative deal, reached last Thursday, ended the three-week long strike. All but five members of the nearly 100-worker-strong bargaining unit cast a ballot, a testament to the organizing efforts…
DetailsOn this most sombre of days in the labour calendar, CUPE Ontario honours all workers who have been injured on the job, made ill from their jobs, or lost their lives at work. There are Workers Day of Mourning events taking place across the province on April 28, each one a testament to workers’ commitment…
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TORONTO, ON – With a recent poll showing that Ontario is at-risk of losing more than 60% of its registered practical nurses (RPNs) workforce, RPNs made an emotional appeal to the Doug Ford government to step up investments in wages and improved working conditions to stop thousands more from leaving nursing. The poll, conducted by…
DetailsWINDSOR, ON – CUPE 543.4 members – 103 early years professionals with ABC Day Nursery of Windsor – have ratified a new three-year agreement. The ratification vote took place on April 13, with members voting 71 per cent in favour of the deal. While this deal ensures families will have uninterrupted quality child care provided…
DetailsTORONTO, ON – At a noon rally today at Toronto Metropolitan University, striking custodial and maintenance workers were clear in their message – they are strongly united in their campaign for fair wages and a say in their pension, despite insults and misinformation coming from administration. The week began with TMU President Mohamed Lachemi crossing…
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In marking Earth Day 2023, CUPE Ontario offers support and solidarity to the movement of working people who are tackling the climate crisis to ensure a just and equitable future for all. In the midst of increasing urgency around a rapidly heating world, CUPE Ontario affirms that the fight against climate change is a fight…
DetailsPORT COLBORNE, ON – On the eve of their fourth week on strike, developmental service workers have reached a tentative agreement with Community Living Port Colborne-Wainfleet. “I am proud of my coworkers and the strength of our Union,” said CUPE Local 2276 Vice President Cassie Bisson. “The work we do can be invisible to so…
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