TORONTO, ON – The Ontario government can’t continue to sit on billions of dollars that should be going to keeping people safe during the pandemic, or continue to spend less per capita than any other province outside of the Atlantic regions, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. “Fordisms like ‘sparing no expense’…
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Fred Hahn, president of CUPE Ontario, says the stay-at-home order will fail to drive down the virus. “It’s not that people aren’t following the recommended advice because they don’t think it’s a good idea,” Hahn said. “It’s because they need help to do it. Paid sick time is essential to that.” Click here to read…
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As Ontario prepares to implement new stay-at-home measures, calls are growing for paid sick leave. Essential workers, along with low-wage workers, fear they could lose income or lose their job altogether if they miss shifts due to sickness or COVID-19 testing. Fred Hahn, the President of CUPE Ontario, joins Kristy Cameron on Ottawa Now. Listen…
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This week, as advocates across Ontario continue to fight to have every worker receive 10 paid sick days amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Premier Doug Ford had a message of his own: that his government would not “duplicate” federal support efforts. Read the full article here.
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The province is promising to increase testing in manufacturing, schools and long-term care homes. But it is not budging on increasing sick pay. Without it, Fred Hahn, president of CUPE Ontario, tells 680 NEWS the stay-at-home order will fail to drive down the virus. Watch the video here.
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“I think people on the front lines are continuing to struggle despite the government assurances and promises that there is an iron ring around the system. That is not what they are experiencing — they continue to work short-staffed and continue to struggle for proper resources to keep themselves safe. I think that is what…
DetailsTORONTO, ON. – Even before the new COVID-19 variants hit Ontario, health care worker infections were dangerously high, doubling in the last three months to over 16,000, the Ontario government’s own data shows. In 2020 for the first 10 months of the pandemic to October 23, 7,488 health care staff contracted COVID-19 at work. In…
DetailsTORONTO, ON – CUPE leaders expressed shock but not surprise at the findings in the Toronto Star’s investigation into the ‘watered down’ strategies that the Ontario government used to keep COVID-19 out of schools. Laura Walton, president of CUPE’s Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU), gave the following comment: Thanks to the Star’s investigation,…
DetailsTORONTO, ON – Provincial restrictions must immediately allow exemptions for people with disabilities wishing to use indoor municipal facilities for physical therapy or rehabilitation, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. “More than ever, people with disabilities have been treated like an after thought,” said Peter Stapper, Chair of CUPE Ontario’s Workers with…
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Workers ask the Ford government to extend paid sick leave for all employees who get COVID-19. Watch the full story here.
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