Ontario long-term care staff at “breaking point;” new study and poll on...
SARNIA, ON – Two new reports that expose the high level of violence, abuse and harassment against staff working at Ontario long-term care homes, are being released at a media conference on Monday,...
View ArticleOntario long-term care staff at “breaking point;” new study and poll on...
LONDON, ON – Two new reports that expose the high level of violence, abuse and harassment against staff working at Ontario long-term care homes, are being released at a media conference on Monday,...
View ArticleDoug Ford’s assault against the little guy to continue with move to lower...
TORONTO, ON – Ontario Treasury Board President Peter Bethlenfalvy today signaled that the assault against the little guy that began with the cancelations of social assistance and minimum wage hikes,...
View ArticleQueen’s Park Rally for Education this Saturday at noon
TORONTO, ON – Thousands of parents, educators, community groups, students and unions from across the province will converge on Queen’s Park at 12 noon tomorrow April 6 for a rally for public education...
View ArticleFirst-ever violence poll of staff at city-run, long-term care homes released...
TORONTO, ON – The findings of a new poll that probed the frequency and type of violence staff experience at City of Toronto-run, long-term care homes, will be released Tuesday, April 9 (2019) at 12:30...
View ArticleBloodied, broken and burned out: 88% of long-term care staff experience violence
SARNIA, ON –Two new reports are being released concurrently that expose the high level of violence, abuse and harassment against staff employed in Ontario’s long-term care homes. An in-depth,...
View ArticleBloodied, broken and burned out: 88% of long-term care staff experience violence
LONDON, ON –Two new reports are being released concurrently that expose the high level of violence, abuse and harassment against staff employed in Ontario’s long-term care homes. An in-depth,...
View Article87% of PSWs and RPNs at Toronto-run long-term care homes experience violence
TORONTO, ON – Staff – particularly racialized workers – at the City of Toronto ten, long-term care homes experience a high level of violence, abuse and harassment, a newly released poll of front-line...
View ArticleBloodied, broken and burned out: 88% of long-term care staff experience violence
PETERBOROUGH, ON –Two new reports are being released concurrently that expose the high level of violence, abuse and harassment against staff employed in Ontario’s long-term care homes. An in-depth,...
View ArticlePre-Budget Submission: Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs
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View ArticleCUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn Media Availability to Comment on the Ontario...
TORONTO, ON – Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario President Fred Hahn will be at Queen’s Park today as Finance Minister Vic Fedeli delivers the first budget of the Doug Ford Government....
View ArticleFord government’s budget offers only “fake” investments in education
TORONTO, ON – Empty promises and meaningless phrases in the Ford government’s budget announcement mask the true harm that will be done to Ontario’s students and system of public education, said the...
View ArticleDoug Ford Budget Continues War on the Poor
Despite a series of diversionary gimmicks and the standard ‘for the people’ rhetoric, the Doug Ford Tories have deepened their attacks with this Budget. Public services and the workers who deliver...
View ArticleUniversity Workers–Is sexual violence and harassment at your campus? Take...
In the past few years, CUPE members have consistently identified sexual violence and harassment as one of the most important issues facing our members in the post-secondary sector. In 2017, CUPE...
View ArticleCuts to overdose prevention fuel worst health emergency in a generation
TORONTO – Today, CUPE Ontario is standing in solidarity with hundreds of concerned Torontonians in mourning the thousands of deaths due to overdose caused by government inaction, and sounding the...
View Article72% polled in Nipissing and Sault don’t support PC health system overhaul
NORTH BAY, ON – Although just ten months ago voters in North Bay and Sault Ste. Marie elected Progressive Conservative (PC) MPPs, recent polling shows that 72% of respondents don’t support the massive...
View ArticleLatest ford restructuring plan a recipe for longer waits for health services
TORONTO, ON – The Ford Conservatives’ latest restructuring plan will see increased chaos and confusion that will reduce the quality of care in this province, and ultimately punish municipal...
View ArticleCuts to overdose prevention fuel worst health emergency in a generation
TORONTO – Today, CUPE Ontario is standing in solidarity with hundreds of concerned Torontonians in mourning the thousands of deaths due to overdose caused by government inaction, and sounding the...
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