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Putting services at risk part of Maison d’amitié’s tactics to intimidate its...
OTTAWA, ON – Maison d’amitié, Ottawa’s only francophone women’s shelter, is creating an environment of fear and intimidation in an attempt to bully its workers into accepting a deal that will hurt...
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Ottawa hospital nurses, personal support workers at great risk of violence,...
OTTAWA, ON – Hospital direct care providers, such as nurses and personal support workers, are at great risk of physical violence in the workplace, a poll of Ontario and Ottawa hospital staff released...
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CUPE applauds Campaign for Public Education’s calls for review and overhaul...
TORONTO – The union representing 55,000 education workers in Ontario is applauding the Campaign for Public Education’s (CPE) latest effort to secure a review and overhaul of the province’s outdated...
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Safeguarding best-quality child care services: child care workers and...
OTTAWA, ON – Early childhood educators (ECEs), educational assistants (EAs) and support staff at three National Capital Region YMCA-YWCA child care centres have agreed to a contract that will help...
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Sign of the times – Georgina residents offer up front lawns in support of...
GEORGINA, ON – On front lawns across Georgina, signs of support are going up for members of Local 3572 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees. Beginning late last week, dozens of volunteers began...
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Celebrating the accomplishments of the Trans community and remembering those...
Monday, November 20th, we mark the Transgender Day of Remembrance by celebrating how far we’ve come in the fight for trans rights. While transgendered people still face significant discrimination, we...
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Solidarity to College Faculty, Shame on Liberals, and Congratulations to the NDP
After more than five weeks of doing nothing to help resolve the strike at Ontario’s colleges, the Liberals now have the audacity to try to blame the NDP for preventing students from getting back to...
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Shelter workers stand up to bullying by Maison d’amitié by saying “no” to a...
OTTAWA, ON – Despite attempts to intimidate them into accepting a deal that would degrade services at Ottawa’s only francophone women’s shelter, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees...
View ArticleCUPE 443 reaches tentative agreement with City of Owen Sound
OWEN SOUND, ON — Municipal workers at the City of Owen Sound, members of Local 443 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 443) have reached a tentative agreement with their employer. The...
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Eleventh-hour agreement between CUPE and Maison d’amitié ensures continuity...
OTTAWA, ON – A Sunday spent in negotiations with a provincial mediator has yielded a tentative agreement between the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and Maison d’amitié, the francophone...
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CUPE Ontario donates winterized trailer for Moss Park overdose prevention site
TORONTO, ON – In the absence of government leadership CUPE Ontario has rented a large winterized trailer to ensure the volunteers working to save lives at the Moss Park overdose prevention site can...
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New poll finds “alarming” rates of violence against Ontario hospital staff...
SUDBURY, ON – Scott Sharp was working at a Guelph hospital when called to assist nurses who were being attacked in the emergency department by a disturbed patient. Slammed through a wall, Sharp was...
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Peterborough hospital nurses, personal support workers at great risk of...
PETERBOROUGH, ON – Hospital direct care providers, such as nurses and personal support workers, are at great risk of physical violence in the workplace, a recently released poll of Ontario hospital...
View Article‘Green P’ workers overwhelmingly endorse strike action if necessary
TORONTO, ON – Staff at the Toronto Parking Authority (TPA), members of the Toronto Civic Employees Union (TCEU), Local 416 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 416) have given their...
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CUPE Ontario’s own Carrie Lynn Poole-Cotnam win this year’s Olivia Chow Child...
Chair of CUPE Ontario’s Social Service Sector, treasurer of the Ontario Coalition for Better Child Care, member of the Equal Pay Coalition and an anti-poverty activist, Carrie Lynn understands that...
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Sudbury hospital nurses, personal support workers at great risk of violence,...
SUDBURY, ON – Hospital direct care providers, such as nurses and personal support workers, are at great risk of physical violence in the workplace, a poll of Ontario and Sudbury hospital staff...
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North Bay hospital nurses, personal support workers at higher risk of...
NORTH BAY, ON – North Bay direct care providers, such as nurses and personal support workers, are at greater risk of physical violence in the workplace than similar staff at other Ontario hospitals, a...
View ArticleOverwhelming Strike Mandate for University of Toronto Instructors
TORONTO, ON – Tonight, contract academic workers at the University of Toronto have given their Bargaining Team an overwhelming 91% mandate in favour of strike action for Unit 3, Local 3902 of the...
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‘Assaulted and Unheard, Violence Against Healthcare Staff:’ major study...
TORONTO, ON – How violence affected Ontario hospital staff assaulted at work physically, psychologically, interpersonally and financially is the focus of a new study – ‘Assaulted and Unheard: Violence...
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Yolanda McClean wins Cliff Pilkey award for her outstanding contribution to...
"Real power, the power that lasts, the power that makes change happen, is the kind we build on the ground,” Yolanda said in accepting the Cliff Pilkey award for outstanding contribution to the labour...
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