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CUPE education workers ratify contract extension in province-wide votes
TORONTO – In votes held province-wide, education workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) have ratified a contract extension that settles central and local agreements until...
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“Fix chronic shortage of inpatient beds at KGH” OCHU/CUPE calls for new (45)...
KINGSTON, ON — The fix to a consistently too-full Kingston General Hospital (KGH) is “not ill patients triaging themselves at home and staying away from hospital. It’s not sick patients on gurneys in...
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City of Cambridge headed for further labour unrest
CAMBRIDGE, ON – The City of Cambridge is headed for its second municipal work stoppage this month as talks broke down between the city and Local 1882 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE...
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Open 45 permanent beds at KGH to deal with critical bed shortage: Province urged
KINGSTON, ON — With hospital occupancy at between 101 and 120 per cent for several months at Kingston General Hospital (KGH), the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 1974 and the Ontario Council...
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Hospital, MPP offside with 92 per cent of Sudburians who want hospital...
SUDBURY, ON — Sudbury lost 700 jobs last month and the results of a poll released today indicates that overwhelmingly the community expects large employers like the regional hospital and MPP Glenn...
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CUPE education workers raise funds for York Region women’s shelter
YORK REGION, ON – Education workers with the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) are firmly rooted in their communities, and delegates at a sectoral union conference in York Region last week...
View ArticleCarnival 2017
Join CUPE Ontario and Whitfield Belasco’s Concept Costume Creators to celebrate Toronto Carnival on August 5, 2017! Around the world, Carnival celebrations began as part of the struggle for...
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CAS workers locked out in Nipissing and Parry Sound travel to Queen’s Park to...
Increasingly concerned for the well-being of the families they serve and frustrated after weeks on the picket line, a delegation of children’s aid workers from Nipissing and Parry Sound children’s aid...
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Change to School Board Bargaining Act Anti-Democratic
TORONTO, ON - CUPE Ontario strongly opposes an amendment to the School Boards Collective Bargaining Act (SBCBA) tabled yesterday by the Minister of Education, Mitzie Hunter, that will make central...
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Union and City of Cambridge reach tentative agreement
CAMBRIDGE, ON – A tentative agreement has been reached between Local 1882 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 1882), which represents 163 inside workers, and the City of Cambridge. The...
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Lockout of a CUPE 1281 worker at University of Guelph
UPDATE (February 24, 2017) - The lockout has been suspended as of 12:01am on Friday, February 24. This is the right choice, as it means the line of communication between the parties has been reopened....
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Deaf Services workers in Milton will hold town hall to discuss chronic...
MILTON, ON – Counsellors and support staff from the Bob Rumball Associations for the Deaf (BRAD) in Milton could be off the job at 12:01 am on Tuesday, February 28. Local 4763 of the Canadian Union of...
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$6.4 million year loss to Sudbury economy, if hospital laundry jobs cut
SUDBURY, ON — Sudbury’s local economy will take a yearly $6.4 million financial hit, if the laundry is closed and 50 hospital laundry workers lose their jobs. That’s the finding of the independent...
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City of Cambridge inside workers ratify collective agreement, ending strike...
CAMBRIDGE, ON – Members of Local 1882 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 1882), representing inside workers for the City of Cambridge, will return to work tomorrow after the union and the...
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Possible labour disruption highlights shifting priorities at the Canadian...
TORONTO, ON — After going without a contract for four years, workers at 24 Canadian Hearing Society (CHS) offices across Ontario could be on strike on March 4. A spokesperson for Local 2073 of the...
View ArticleLiberal Government’s Bill 92 Anti-Democratic – Takes away school board...
View this page in full on the CUPE Ontario website: Liberal Government’s Bill 92 Anti-Democratic – Takes away school board workers’ rights.
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Canadian Hearing Society Faces Possible Strike
(WINDSOR, ON) – Staff at Canadian Hearing Society offices across Ontario, including one in Windsor, have been working without a contract for four years. Although they will be in a strike or lockout...
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Vital services for Culturally Deaf, Oral Deaf, Deafened and Hard of Hearing...
TORONTO, ON — 227 workers from Canadian Hearing Society offices across Ontario could be on strike as of Monday, March 6. These workers provide interpretation, employment and mental health services for...
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Workers at Canadian Hearing Society say four years is too long
TORONTO, ON – Local 2073 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 2073) which represents 227 counsellors, literacy instructors, audiologists, speech language pathologists,...
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Government’s hydro bill reduction plan a cynical shell game, says CUPE...
TORONTO, ON - Electricity consumers deserve to know that they are being played by a scheme that will see them charged just as much over a longer period of time, CUPE Ontario president Fred Hahn said...
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