Ontario at the bottom of the pack for spending on services since 2011: CUPE Ontario

TORONTO, ON – When Ontario should be making historic investments in our public services, reports show that it’s actually spent less per person than any other province in 2020, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. “We were undeniably unprepared for this unprecedented health crisis because governments, culminating in the Ford Conservatives, failed…

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The NDP’s universal mental health plan is what Ontarians need: CUPE Ontario

TORONTO, ON – With mental health struggles on the rise since the pandemic, especially among front-line workers, the Ontario NDP’s announcement that they would introduce universal mental health care is exactly what Ontarians need, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. “Ontarians should never have had to pay out of pocket to get…

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Students’ Welcome Tuition Fee Freeze but Ontario Universities Need a Funding Increase

TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The recent announcement of a tuition fee freeze for Ontario’s university students will provide some necessary short-term relief, however the Ford Government must reverse its cuts and provide necessary funding to the provinces universities, according to the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), which represents 30,000 workers in universities across Ontario. “Fees are a…

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Big support for nurses, ward clerks and other hospital staff, Toronto/GTA poll shows. So why, just weeks from an election, are the Ford PCs offside in their treatment of hospital workers?

TORONTO, ON – Hospital staff are feeling demoralized, battle fatigued and burnt out following more than two years of pandemic-related workloads. But a new poll released today, shows that even though most hospital nurses, clerical staff, cleaners, paramedical and maintenance staff feel the Doug Ford PC government has turned its back on them by cutting…

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Ontario child care advocates celebrate hard-won victory with signing Canada-Ontario child care agreement; call for stronger child care workforce strategy

Toronto, ON— Ontario child care advocates are celebrating the signing of the Canada-Ontario child care agreement, but are also warning that child care expansion will fail without addressing the sector’s plummeting staff retention and growing worker shortage. “Today is a huge step forward, but we must learn from the mistakes of our past and correct…

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Gilbert Centre workers vote unanimously to join other AIDS service organizations in CUPE

BARRIE, ON – Following a unanimous vote on March 10, the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB) has officially recognized the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) as the union for workers at the Gilbert Centre for Social and Support Services in Barrie. “Even in very progressive agencies, workers need a collective voice. When you’re really…

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