Toronto, ON — CUPE Local 5257 members at Blaisdale Montessori School, with seven campuses throughout Oshawa, Ajax, Pickering, and Bowmanville, have begun strike action as of 8:00 a.m. Monday, November 16, 2020. “Teachers and support staff at Blaisdale Montessori School are disappointed that the employer would not bring forward a fair contract after months of…
Details(TORONTO, ON) – CUPE Ontario is raising alarm bells about an explosive report in today’s Toronto Star illustrating how the Ford Conservatives are ignoring some of Ontario’s top public health experts by setting thresholds four times higher in new COVID-19 guidelines than those recommended by public health specialists. “What is being reported today goes beyond…
DetailsToronto, ON – Child care workers at ABC Day Nursery in Windsor, represented by CUPE Local 543.4, have donated thousands of dollars’ worth of toys to the annual Toys For Tots fundraiser hosted by Windsor Moose Lodge. “This massive donation will help hundreds of families in need this holiday season,” says Kim Gilbert, parent and…
DetailsToronto, ON – Buoyed by the presence of union leaders and community allies, long-term care workers participated in a car cavalcade outside their workplace on Tuesday morning to protest layoffs. Durham Christian Homes, which operates the Glenhill Marnwood location in Bowmanville, is laying off about 70 workers as it relocates to a new, modern building…
DetailsToronto, ON – How does a resident with dementia react when the person who has been helping them eat, shower and dress suddenly disappears from their lives? How does a long-term care home benefit when the cumulative experience of workers who have spent decades caring for residents are no longer valued? These are the questions…
DetailsToronto, ON – The Ontario government’s move towards hiring a lower classification of workers in long-term care will have consequences for residents and workers, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees. The government’s announcement on Monday called on unemployed workers, including those displaced from the retail and hospitality sector to help out at long-term care…
DetailsWaterloo, ON—Child care workers, advocates, parents, and caregivers anticipate that a recent external review, conducted by consulting firm KPMG on the regionally-operated child care centres in the Region of Waterloo, will recommend to Regional Council the immediate closure of five child care centres servicing families in the area. “The prospect of closing or off-loading child…
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“This budget doesn’t actually raise revenue from people who can well afford to pay more and who are not paying their fair share. And in fact it gives massive tax breaks. We are now taking public money, from you and me, that could be spent to keep our schools safe, and that could be spent…
DetailsTORONTO, ON – Ontario’s 2020 Budget won’t protect and support communities, and it misses the opportunity to help us through the second wave of COVID-19, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario. “The Ford Conservatives did an excellent job of making their proposed budget sound good, but it misses the mark taking the…
DetailsOntario Fall 2020 Pre-Budget Submission
