TORONTO – On Thursday the Toronto Catholic District School Board announced that they will completely eliminate its long-standing International Languages Program, resulting in 77 dedicated language instructors losing their jobs. “This is a devastating and short-sighted decision,” said Val Di Gregorio, President of CUPE 3155, representing the language instructors. “For decades, this program has enriched…
DetailsSault Ste. Marie – On the same day that hundreds of Algoma Steel employees worked their last shift, Sault Ste. Marie city council took an important stand for unionized workers and public services in the city, voting down a motion to privatize municipal garbage services. “This is not simply about budgets. It’s about public safety,…
DetailsThe president of Ontario’s largest public sector union blasted the Ford Conservatives’ cuts – and their outright lies about of the cuts – contained in the 2026-27 budget released by the Minister of Finance yesterday. “The Conservatives’ budget has extra funding for police in schools – but it cuts per-student funding for schools. The budget…
DetailsTORONTO – The real dollar hospital funding cut announced in the 2026 provincial budget will intensify the crisis in Ontario’s hospitals, which are already funded at the lowest rate in the country, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees. “The government increased hospital funding by four per cent – a real cut of two per…
DetailsWINDSOR/BRANT, ON – Workers at Community Living agencies in Windsor and Brant have overwhelmingly rejected employer-imposed “final offer” votes, sending a clear message to employers across Ontario’s social services sector that low-wage proposals will not be accepted. Members of CUPE Local 2345 at Windsor Community Living and CUPE Local 181 at Community Living Brant both…
DetailsAs we mark World Water Day (March 22) this year, we find ourselves in the early days of a fight to protect the safety and security of Ontario’s public water. In our province, we enjoy some of safest drinking water in the world, because our systems are publicly owned, publicly operated, and publicly accountable. Water…
DetailsOn March 21, we stand in solidarity with all those marking the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The day commemorates the events in Sharpeville, South Africa in 1960, when 69 people were killed by police during a peaceful protest against the pass laws of the apartheid state. We carry that memory with…
DetailsOn March 21, we stand in solidarity with all those marking the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The day commemorates the events in Sharpeville, South Africa in 1960, when 69 people were killed by police during a peaceful protest against the pass laws of the apartheid state. We carry that memory with…
DetailsOn March 20, CUPE Ontario marks International Day of la Francophonie, celebrated as part of Month of la Francophonie. These occasions give us the opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to the French language, Franco-Ontarian cultural diversity, and the role we play, as union members, in promoting the rights of Francophone members. French is the language…
DetailsThe Ford Conservatives’ plan to privatize Ontario’s water was conclusively exposed today as leaders from CUPE Ontario and the Ontario NDP were joined by a lawyer from Goldblatt Partners LLP to release a legal opinion that reveals the true intent of Bill 60, the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025. CUPE Ontario commissioned a legal…
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