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Case Study: Toronto Education Workers Local 4400

Toronto Education Workers Local 4400 (TEW) is made up of approximately 17,000 education workers working primarily within the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). TEW is also home to childcare workers from various childcare centres and caretakers from Viamonde French Board, representing over 400 job classifications and over 1,000 worksites. Case Study Highlights Started The Working…

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Advocates say they’ll keep up pressure as sick days set to expire

Ontario’s three paid sick days are set to expire on July 31, unless the Ford government again changes its mind. Premier Doug Ford’s labour minister, Monte McNaughton, didn’t respond to questions about the program on Wednesday, including whether it would continue. Toronto pediatrician Dr. Daniel Bierstone noted that the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t over yet. Even…

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“Pride in Public Services”: CUPE Ontario celebrates 2SLGBTQI+ Pride

As Pride season begins across the province, CUPE Ontario is taking time to celebrate our victories and recommit to sustained solidarity and activism with the 2SLGBTQI+ communities. We’re recommitting because there’s undeniably much more work to do. We still need full access to gender-affirming care. The cuts made by the Ford Conservatives to trans health…

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Education workers tell the ‘get it done premier’: Get a fair deal done now to avoid classroom upheaval in September

WINDSOR, ON – Frontline education workers are ready to fight for what students need in the classroom and what they need to do their jobs even better. The day after a provincial election that saw Premier Doug Ford unequivocally assure workers “I’ll always have their backs” and repeatedly promise to “get it done,” and 90…

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“The work of building the Ontario we deserve isn’t over”: CUPE Ontario responds to the election results

TORONTO, ON – With the provincial election results now in, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario is renewing its call for the newly elected government to chart a different course and commit to building the Ontario we deserve. “This isn’t the result we wanted given the terrible track record of the Ford Conservatives,…

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International Flight Attendant Day

“This year, we salute the strength and professionalism of our 15,000 members nationwide after another challenging year battling the COVID-19 pandemic and the uncertainty and risks that came with it,” said Wesley Lesosky, president of CUPE’s Airline Division. Today, our industry is on the rebound, our membership is growing across the country, and we are…

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