Toronto, ON – CUPE Ontario is thrilled to announce that Janice Folk Dawson, Chair of CUPE Ontario’s University Workers’ Coordinating Committee (OUWCC) has been elected as the Executive Vice President of the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL). Having served on the CUPE Ontario Executive Board for almost two decades, Janice, who is also the President…
TORONTO – A court ruling, striking down efforts by the Ford Conservative government to choke off democratically-approved funding for hundreds of Ontario campus organizations, represents a dramatic victory for students and workers at Universities across the province, the leader of Ontario’s largest union said today. “We were thrilled to learn that the Courts have quashed…
HAMILTON, ON – As education workers at McMaster University began voting today on whether to give their bargaining committee a mandate to take whatever steps they deem necessary to secure a fair collective agreement, support for the members of Unit 1 of Local 3906 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 3906-1) poured in…
University The goal of the OUWCC is to unify university workers in Ontario and leverage our collective power to strengthen public post-secondary education and improve workers’ lives. The Ontario University Workers Coordinating Committee represents more than 30,000 CUPE members working in the university sector. OUWCC coordinates bargaining and province-wide political action on issues facing university…
CUPE university workers in Ontario stand in solidarity with Unite HERE Local 75 food service workers at York University and University of Toronto Scarborough in their effort for decent wages and working conditions. CUPE’s Ontario University Workers Coordinating Committee (OUWCC) encourages all workers and students on these campuses to support Aramark food service workers by…
OUWCC Second Call Accessibility Request Form Family Care Subsidy Guidelines for Local Support at Events Local Support Application Onsite Child Care Form
Dear members, On November 2, 2016, the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) will be holding a National Day of Action demanding universal access to education, education justice and public education for the public good. CUPE…
TORONTO, ON – Fed up with employers who are embracing the lowest standards of cleanliness on campus, university custodians across Ontario are sounding the alarm. “Universities are embracing ‘unkempt neglect’ as a standard cleanliness. That will do irreparable harm to learning, research and living conditions at Ontario’s universities,” said Janice Folk-Dawson, Chair of the Ontario…
Sectoral Caucuses held on Tuesday, May 26, 2015 (Subject to change) OMECC Caucus 3:00pm 4:30pm OSBCC Caucus 3:00pm 4:30pm SSWCC Caucus 3:00pm 4:30pm HCWCC/OCHU Caucus 6:00pm 7:00pm OUWCC Caucus 7:00pm 8:00pm
Recent mailings sent from CUPE Ontario are listed below. June 2021 Mailing Save the Date: HCWCC Virtual Conference (29-30 September 2021) April 2020 Mailing Rebuilding Our Public Services: An Alternative Budget for Ontario November 2019 Mailing Political Pulse Calendar of Events Ford’s Cuts Hurt All of Us Leaflet July 2019 Mailing First Call – OSBCU…
