Kunuwanimano Child & Family Services and CUPE 5304 have issued the following joint statement regarding their labour negotiations

Municipal, Social Services, Solidarity

TIMMINS, ON – Kunuwanimano Child & Family Services and CUPE 5304 are pleased to announce that a tentative agreement has been reached. Both parties will recommend ratification to their respective constituents. We acknowledge that during the negotiation, CUPE 5304 released a statement that caused offence to the communities we serve. For that, CUPE 5304 unequivocally…

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“An unnecessary risk”: Over 140 organizations send Open Letter to Ontario Education Minister Todd Smith opposing his attempt to open up more of Ontario’s child care system to for-profit provision

Child Care, Education, Solidarity

TORONTO – Over 140 Ontario organizations – including small and large child care programs from across Ontario, churches, francophone associations, labour unions, post-secondary and research institutions – have come together to send an Open Letter to Ontario Education Minister Todd Smith today in response to his recent letter to federal Minister Jenna Sudds asking her…

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Hospital workers demonstrate at Brockville MPP’s office against government’s expansion of private, for-profit hospital services

Health Care, OCHU, Solidarity

While the Ford government plans to double private delivery of MRIs and CT scans, OCHU/CUPE says underused hospital operating rooms should be better utilized   BROCKVILLE, ON – Hospital workers protested the Ford government’s rapid expansion of healthcare privatization outside Ontario PC MPP Steve Clark’s constituency office in Brockville this morning. In June, the government…

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Doug Ford wants to pit big business against children – and he’s throwing his weight behind the millionaires, CUPE says

Child Care, Solidarity

TORONTO – New Ontario Education Minister Todd Smith signaled to the province where he wants the child care sector to go – and it should be deeply concerning to anyone who cares about children, workers, or the judicious use of tax dollars. In his first public statement about the sector in crisis, Smith asked federal…

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Hospital workers demonstrate at Hamilton MPP’s office against government’s expansion of private, for-profit hospital services

Health Care, Municipal, OCHU, Solidarity

While the Ford government plans to double private delivery of MRIs and CT scans, OCHU/CUPE says underused hospital operating rooms should be better utilized   HAMILTON, ON – Hospital workers protested the Ford government’s rapid expansion of healthcare privatization outside Ontario PC MPP Neil Lumsden’s constituency office in Hamilton this morning. In June, the government…

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