CUPE Ontario pledges cross-sector support for the fightback against Ford’s...
TORONTO – CUPE Ontario has pledged its full support to the coalition of five major health unions, including CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU/CUPE), as they gear up for a province-wide...
View Article“Greedy and hypocritical”: Company owned by a pension plan is taking away its...
TORONTO – DynaLIFE Labs, a company contracted by the Alberta government to privatize health care services, is trying to take away a pension plan from its employees. The twist? DynaLIFE’s majority...
View Article“We do the same work – why aren’t we being paid the same”: Food service...
(NORTH BAY, ON) - Minimum wage food service workers at North Bay’s Nipissing and Canadore College, members of CUPE Local 1165 Unit 7, voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strike after seeing no...
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OPEN LETTER RE: Ontario’s Health System at Risk
The Right Honourable Prime Minister Justin Trudeau January 24, 2023 The...
View ArticleCUPE Ontario’s Statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January...
On January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, CUPE Ontario observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The day was designated by the United...
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CUPE Ontario Statement for the National Day of Remembrance of the Quebec City...
January 29 represents a tragic and shocking day in Canadian history. On this day in 2017, there was a senseless attack on Muslim men at prayer in the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City: a gunman,...
View ArticleBig gains for new CUPE crossing guards will mean a safer walk to school for...
TORONTO, ON – The workers who keep Toronto’s most vulnerable pedestrians safe are now enjoying greater well-being themselves. The 386 crossing guards who are members of the Canadian Union of Public...
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CUPE Ontario Statement for Black History Month, February 2023
CUPE Ontario is pleased to join Canadians everywhere in marking the start of Black History Month, four weeks devoted to recognizing and reflecting on the tremendous achievements of Black Canadians and...
View Article“We’re ready to strike because we deserve better wages now”: Markham Public...
(Markham, ON) Markham Public Library workers, members of CUPE Local 905, are preparing to walk off the job on February 10th. The 163 librarians, library services associates, digital library...
View ArticleTake the survey: Add your voice to help protect the Greenbelt and repeal Doug...
In November, the provincial government passed Bill 23, a legislation that will starve municipalities of funding, harm our environment, and worsen the housing crisis. The stated purpose of Bill 23,...
View ArticleCUPE 2974 Windsor-Essex paramedics vote 100% in favour of strike action if...
WINDSOR, ON: The paramedics of Essex County organized as CUPE 2974 have voted 100 per cent in favour of strike action in the event of an impasse during ongoing negotiations. The strike mandate comes...
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Ontarians demand better support from a government that can afford it, says...
KINGSTON, ON – CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn is urging the Ford government to stop deliberately starving public programs and invest more in public services in its next budget, declaring that...
View ArticleClinical Nursing Instructors at Brock University form a union: CUPE
ST. CATHARINES, ON – Clinical Nursing Instructors at Brock University are the newest members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), following today’s decision at the Ontario Labour...
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CUPE Ontario statement for Pink Triangle Day – February 14, 2023
Today is Pink Triangle Day, a date on which we acknowledge and celebrate 2SLGBTQI+ people, families, and communities. At CUPE Ontario, we reaffirm our solidarity against 2SLGBTQI+ oppression in all...
View ArticleLegislation expanding private surgeries and procedures will harm Ontario...
TORONTO, ON - Ontario PC government legislation tabled today that will expand private and for-profit surgeries and procedures isn’t smart spending but costly policy that will increase costs, waits and...
View ArticleFederal healthcare funds must be invested in paramedics and the broader...
TORONTO, ON - The $74 billion ten-year healthcare deal between the Ontario and the federal government is a positive step but the funds must be immediately used to improve paramedic services and...
View ArticleCUPE 109 housing workers call on Kingston Frontenac Housing Corporation to...
KINGSTON, ON - CUPE 109 housing workers are calling on their employer, the Kingston Frontenac Housing Corporation, to negotiate a fair deal that would help them deliver better service to KFHC...
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CUPE Ontario statement for International Women’s Day 2023
International Women’s Day has its roots in the labour and socialist movements of the early 1900s. Women’s demands for better pay and conditions, voting rights, and recognition resonated with women...
View ArticleCarleton University Contract Educators urge Board of Governors to prevent...
OTTAWA, ON - This afternoon, contract academic workers at Carleton University are interrupting a meeting of the university’s Board of Governors to deliver a letter calling on the Board to address...
View ArticleProfessional Association for Ontario’s ECEs Join Frontline Early Years...
TORONTO – What started a year ago with one-on-one conversations among workers culminated this month with a 100 percent certification vote as workers at the Association of Early Childhood Educators...
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