CUPE National President joins striking Peel CAS workers on picket line for a...
MISSISSAUGA, ON – Mark Hancock, National President of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), today brought the support of CUPE members across the country to striking frontline, administrative...
View ArticleStriking Peel CAS workers pen open letter to employer: For clients’ sake,...
MISSISSAUGA, ON – On behalf of 435 striking frontline, administrative and support workers at the Children’s Aid Society of the Region of Peel (Peel CAS), Sonia Yung, President of Local 4914 of the...
View ArticleLegal Notice: Class action on behalf of CUPE employees transferred to CCACs...
This is a notice that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice will hold a hearing to decide whether to approve Minutes of Settlement signed by the Crown, CUPE and the Representative Plaintiff in a class...
View ArticleCUPE 4914 asks: Are high-priced strike breakers good use of Peel CAS finances?
MISSISSAUGA, ON – The union representing 435 striking front line, administrative and support workers today called on local politicians to start asking ‘hard questions’ about why the Children’s Aid...
View ArticleOntario’s hospital underfunding means 675 less nurses, 2007 fewer hospital...
OSHAWA, ON — When compared with the rest of Canada the Ontario government’s $4.8 billion underfunding for hospitals, means skeleton hospital staffing and much less care for Durham Region patients, a...
View ArticleCUPE nurses, PSWs at Queen’s Park Tuesday for reintroduction of Bill to...
QUEEN’S PARK (TORONTO), ON – Personal support workers, nurses and other long-term care staff members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), will join the NDP tomorrow for the reintroduction...
View ArticleLong-term care staff urge non-partisan approach to new Bill that increases...
TORONTO, ON – Increasing nursing and personal care levels for long-term care residents should be a priority for all Ontario MPPs regardless of party affiliation, say front line care staff with the...
View ArticleEssex County council no longer listening to constituents regarding 100+ day...
ESSEX, ON – Essex County councillors have made it clear that they are no longer interested in listening to their constituents. With Essex Library workers on strike for over 100 days, the people of...
View Article‘Giving thanks for remarkable communities we call home,’ CUPE 255 donates...
HANOVER, ON – As Thanksgiving preparations moved into high gear across Bruce, Grey, Huron and Wellington Counties, members of Local 255 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE Local 255) gave...
View ArticleCUPE 543 volunteers to fan out across Windsor for ‘Operation Giveback’ to...
WINDSOR, ON – With Thanksgiving Day fast approaching, volunteers from Local 543 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 543) are preparing to distribute Thanksgiving dinners with all the...
View ArticleProvincial funding cuts to blame for situation at Bruyère that shortchanges...
Ottawa, ON — Ottawa’s Liberal MPPs are being urged to stand up for local hospital’s like Elisabeth Bruyère which is struggling with eight consecutive years of provincial budget cuts and a change in...
View ArticleTell Kathleen Wynne to Keep Hydro Public
View this page in full on the CUPE Ontario website: Tell Kathleen Wynne to Keep Hydro Public.
View ArticleCUPE 543 volunteers launch ‘Operation Giveback,’ providing 600 Thanksgiving...
WINDSOR, ON – Dozens of volunteers from Local 543 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 543) today fanned out across the City of Windsor to provide a complete Thanksgiving dinner to hundreds...
View ArticleSubmission to the Changing Workplaces Review – Response to the Interim Report
CUPE Ontario Submission changing workplaces review interim report View this page in full on the CUPE Ontario website: Submission to the Changing Workplaces Review – Response to the Interim Report.
View ArticleMarch and rally tomorrow to protest cuts to cleaning at Espanola hospital
Espanola, ON — A march and rally will take place tomorrow (October 12, 2016) to draw attention to the cuts to cleaning at the Espanola Regional Hospital and Health Centre. The hospital has announced...
View ArticleStrike continues after talks to resolve dispute break down; Peel CAS issues...
MISSISSAUGA, ON – Efforts to resolve a three-week old strike by 435 frontline, administrative and support workers at the Children’s Aid Society of the Region of the Region of Peel (Peel CAS) derailed...
View ArticleOrder materials from CUPE National
View this page in full on the CUPE Ontario website: Order materials from CUPE National.
View ArticleOntarians are not turkeys, so why would the provincial Liberals try to pull a...
Toronto, ON – “Ontarians are not turkeys and their private health records are confidential, containing information that should not be plucked for its potential asset value to the provincial Liberal...
View ArticleKingston hospital staff “give back” to community with donation to United Way...
KINGSTON, ON — While providing quality supports for patients is the day-to-day focus for Kingston General Hospital (KGH) staff — members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 1974 — “giving...
View ArticleNothing to crow about when 36 Sudbury hospital laundry staff lose their jobs,...
Sudbury, ON — Sudbury Hospital Services laundry staff who today received layoff notices say there is nothing for local hospital officials to crow about publicly, when 36 mostly female staff are losing...
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