Local 2316 retirees gather for a committee meeting.
OFL convention delegate, retired L4400 education worker, Katie McGovern.
Retired L3904 sessional instructor, Dennis Bartels, seen here with a fellow climate activist, is an authority on climate disruption.
Retired Local 5167 municipal worker, Ed Thomas is his Local’s rep to Hamilton’s Labour Council and also the 1st winner of CUPE’s Literacy Award to mark the tenth anniversary of CUPE’s National literacy campaign.
Retirees act out. Indigenous Circle chairperson and hospital worker, Joanne Webb with Local 1 hydro worker-activist, Logan Sellethurai caught campaigning to protect and expand healthcare.
Addressing union activists from the Ontario Federation of Union Retirees who gathered for the annual October 1st ceremony at Toronto’s City Hall, one of a number of events across the province to mark the day.
CUPE retiree members met in caucus at the 2019 CUPE Ontario Convention.
Marching with fellow unionists at the Labour Day Parade in Toronto, Ontario.
CUPE Ontario retirees are members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees currently retired and living across Ontario.
When our public services, pensions, benefits, and public healthcare system are threatened by all levels of governments and their corporate allies, we strongly believe that we as retirees need to come together to fight to protect our hard won-rights and to express our solidarity to the current unionized and non-unionized workers who are fighting for better working conditions and to build a better society.
To join our network, fill out the form at the bottom of this page or simply call us at 905-739-9739 or e-mail us at [email protected]
CUPE Ontario‘s Retirees Network chair, Stephen Patrick Seaborn, wants to meet with your local’s retirees. Brother Seaborn is available — invite him to meet with your local’s retirees via [email protected] or text 416 737 2980.
Just fill in the form below.
Retirees Biennial Meeting
CUPE Ontario has convened our biennial meeting of retiree members to be held on Monday, March 15th.
Members of local and district council Retiree Committees are being invited along with retirees and soon-to-retire members.
The meeting will run from 10am to 2pm. Our agenda will include:
• Serious cuts are being made to the services delivered by the now-retired members of CUPE
• Ford’s cuts directly violate the human rights of older persons as defined by the UN Independent Expert on older adults.
• Cuts in our communities impact CUPE’s retired members across Ontario. Our reliance on long term care facilities, hospitals, municipal health service supports for disabilities are increasing just as those services fall victim to dramatic cutbacks.
“Recycling” our members back into activism provides huge potential in the age of Doug Ford. ♻️
The impact of profit-driven climate disruption on the very survival of our retirees’ grandchildren.
Retiree Engagement
One of the ways locals and district councils are supporting their retiree members (and importantly drawing retirees back into the work of the union) has been to establish, via a local meeting motion, a Retiree Council or Committee.
Two locals and one district council have chosen to take this a step further by modeling their bylaws on our CUPE Ontario constitution.
• CUPE Retirees Network member, Ed Thomas of local 5167 (pictured here on the right) has shared “terms of reference” and model By Laws for Retirees Committees at locals. Get your copy of each to share with your local. Contact [email protected]
The Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 1281 retiree rep met recently with retirees at CUPE Local 79 to explore how to maintain contact with members aging out of the workforce.
