TORONTO, ON – In what can only be described as wilful omission – Revera’s carefully constructed new report – glaringly overlooks how their own for-profit model of ownership contributed to the sad and in some cases deadly outcomes for hundreds of long-term residents in the COVID-19 pandemic. “This report underlines the lack of distance between…
DetailsSubmission to the Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks on proposed changes to blue box programs
On December 10, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The rights enshrined therein—among them equality before the law and equal access to public services—were deemed to be held in common by all human beings. The already longstanding global struggle to defend those rights is confronted by new challenges…
DetailsTHUNDER BAY, ON – CUPE Local 87, representing roughly 600 workers in Thunder Bay, has reached a tentative agreement in contract talks with the City. The deal was reached last night. No further details of the agreement will be released until members have had an opportunity to review it and hold a ratification vote. The…
DetailsTORONTO – Ryerson Students’ Union (RSU) is an outlier among its fellow students’ unions in making cuts to vital services for students, and the union that represents RSU’s terminated workers is enlisting allies to find out why RSU has abandoned the students it is meant to serve. RSU has shuttered landmark campus hubs like Good…
DetailsTORONTO, ON – The Government of Ontario now has $12 billion of unallocated funds and it must be spent immediately to keep Ontarians safe and to ensure a recovery for all, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. “It was bad enough when we learned that the Ford Conservatives were hoarding $9 billion…
DetailsTORONTO, ON – The Neighbourhood Group and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 7797 are launching a new, collaborative campaign to advocate for a permanent wage increase for personal support workers (PSWs) in home and community care. The campaign titled “PSWs Deserve More Than Our Thanks” outlines the harsh realities of poor wages,…
DetailsLONDON, ON – Working unprotected and facing psychological distress over fears of contracting COVID-19 nurses, personal support workers (PSWs), custodians and other Ontario front-line health care workers felt they were being “sacrificed” by governments, according to a new peer-reviewed study released today in London. As noted in the recent Auditor General report, the Ontario government…
DetailsCUPE Ontario, along with the Association of Ontario Municipalities, OMERS and other OMERS plan sponsor organizations, has sent a joint letter to the Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB). The PSAB is considering changes to how defined benefit pension plans appear on government financial statements. These changes would make the reported liabilities and costs of these…
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