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Statement from CUPE education workers in support of Ontario teachers
Members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) are standing shoulder to shoulder with all other Ontario education workers as they take on the threats and attacks that constitute large...
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Heat Stroke – Signs & Symptoms
AN IMPORTANT NOTICE FROM THE INJURED WORKERS' COMMITTEE REGARDING HEAT STROKE & HEAT EXHAUSTION Next week a major heat wave is expected to hit Ontario so it's vital that all workers take...
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Ontario’s wealth and prosperity must benefit all workers and their families
A Labour Day message from CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn and Secretary-Treasurer Candace Rennick Labour unions play a critical role in our society. We are the protectors. Protectors of working...
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Ford Government directive seeks to control freedom of expression on Ontario...
TORONTO, ON – The Ford Government has announced that Ontario colleges and universities must comply with new, arbitrary free speech rules or face funding cuts. Premier Ford has unilaterally forced...
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Victory for local democracy as Court strikes down Bill 5
TORONTO, ON – Following today’s decision by Justice Belobaba to strike down key portions of Bill 5, CUPE Ontario’s President Fred Hahn praised the thousands of Ontarians who took part in the...
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Far from ending hallway medicine, Pembroke stands to lose 10 more hospital...
PEMBROKE, ON – Already funded and staffed at levels well below other provinces, Ontario’s hospitals’ hallway medicine and bed crisis will deepen under Premier Doug Ford’s public service “efficiency”...
View ArticleDistressing day for democracy in Ontario as Premier Ford threatens to invoke...
TORONTO (September 10, 2018) – All Ontarians should be very concerned by Premier Ford’s threat to invoke the Notwithstanding Clause in response to today’s ruling that his Bill to interfere in...
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Woodstock library workers and library board reach tentative settlement
Woodstock, ON – A tentative settlement on a new collective agreement for workers at Woodstock Public Library was reached last night, averting the strike scheduled for midnight tonight. Teams...
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Fight to protect local democracy will continue following Court of Appeal...
TORONTO, ON – Following the Court’s decision that lets Toronto’s municipal election go ahead under legislation that cuts the number of councillors by close to half, pending a final decision on the...
View ArticleSolidarity with We the Students Do Not Consent
CUPE Ontario members, including more than 55,000 education workers represented by the Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU), stand in solidarity with students who are exercising their Charter...
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Premier Ford must not use new fiscal forecast to break promises of no service...
TORONTO, ON – Today’s release of the Ontario government’s new fiscal forecast must not be used as an excuse for the Premier to break his election promises that he will not make any cuts to public...
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York U groups fight back as university seeks to punish activists for freedom...
TORONTO, ON – At a news conference held earlier this week at Queen’s Park, the Canadian Federation of Students Ontario and Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 3903 issued a joint demand for...
View ArticleWorkers’ Compensation workers from across Canada meet to discuss crushing...
Niagara Falls, ON – Representatives of the major unions representing Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) workers in Canada met to discuss issues that impact injured workers, employers and employees of...
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Far from ending hallway medicine, London stands to lose 183 more hospital...
LONDON, ON – Already funded and staffed at levels well below other provinces, Ontario’s hospitals’ hallway medicine and bed crisis will deepen under Premier Doug Ford’s public service “efficiency”...
View ArticleConservatives, Liberals, Boost Big Business at Injured Workers’ Expense
TORONTO, ON – The Ford government announced today they are slashing the amount businesses will pay to support the insurance system that protects injured workers, instead of making investments to...
View ArticleFord’s line-by-line spending review is a misleading strategy to privatize...
TORONTO, ON – The Ford government’s spending review that uses numbers, taken out of context, to justify their plan for massive cuts and privatization, will make life much more difficult and expensive...
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PCs’ guns for hire report makes it more certain that at least 3,500 Ontario...
TORONTO, ON – Far from delivering a “line-by-line” accounting of provincial funding, the PC government’s $500,000 Ernst and Young (EY) report on the province’s finances “is gun for hire advocacy for...
View ArticleOrange Shirt Day
September 30 is Orange Shirt Day, which raises awareness about the residential school system and its traumatic, inter-generational impact on Indigenous peoples in Canada. On this day, we reflect on...
View ArticleCUPE city workers team up with Windsor-Essex food bank to deliver...
WINDSOR, ON – Members of Local 543 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 543) have packed up 600 hampers containing everything needed for a complete Thanksgiving dinner, as part of their...
View ArticleWhat Ford’s statement on scrapping Bill 148 could mean for Ontario workers
When it comes to Premier Ford we need to watch what he does, not what he says, especially when it comes to standing up for workers and their families, says CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn. Hahn’s...
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