Barrie, ON — Municipal workers represented by CUPE Local 2380 have voted for a strong strike mandate of 99.5 per cent as negotiations continue with the City of Barrie. The union represents close to 600 municipal workers who provide a range of public services including water and wastewater treatment, parks and recreation, financial and administrative…
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PETERBOROUGH, ON – Frontline education workers rallied outside of the Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington (PVNC) Catholic District School Board office on Monday evening, urging trustees not to pass the 2022-2023 budget as it was presented because it contained staffing cuts that will harm the quality of education for students. “PVNC trustees have a choice…
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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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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…
DetailsAs 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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Mindful of inflation, Premier Doug Ford has promised to be “fair” in upcoming public sector negotiations. Unions say that’s impossible while Bill 124 exists, but Ford hasn’t ruled out axing the bill, which caps public-sector wage increases at one per cent per year (though the Treasury Board noted that workers can still get pay bumps…
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Most unions did not support Ford leading up to the election, according to an op–ed written by leaders of three large Ontario labour organizations. “Make no mistake about it — the majority of unions and workers support Andrea Horwath and the Ontario NDP in this election,” the op-ed reads. Fred Hahn, the president of the…
DetailsWINDSOR, 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…
DetailsTORONTO, 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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