CUPE Local 79 reaches tentative agreement with City of Toronto
Toronto, ON—A tentative agreement has been reached between Local 79 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE Local 79) and the City of Toronto. Negotiators reached the tentative agreement...
View ArticleCOVID-19 & CUPE Ontario Operations
Dear CUPE Ontario members, As we all know, the situation related to COVID-19 is changing rapidly. CUPE Ontario is committed to doing our part to help slow the spreading of this infectious disease in...
View ArticleJob protection is the first step; income support is the second: CUPE Ontario
(TORONTO, ON) CUPE Ontario, representing 280,000 public sector workers, responded to the passage of legislation providing unpaid job-protected leave for Ontarians impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic by...
View ArticleInternational Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
On March 21st we observe the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. It marks the anniversary of the 1960 massacre of 69 peaceful Black demonstrators in Sharpeville, South...
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World Water Day 2020
Access to safe drinking water is a right many of us take for granted. But contaminated water and a lack of adequate sanitation in Ontario’s First Nations communities jeopardize the health and...
View ArticleOntario government is not doing enough to protect them or the people they...
TORONTO — More than 2400 hospital staff took part Saturday in an urgent Ontario-wide conference call sponsored by the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) focused on the impact of COVID-19 on...
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“Workers must be paid!”: CUPE Ontario calls for immediate measures to support...
(TORONTO, ON) CUPE Ontario, the province’s largest union, has announced proposals to help Ontarians who are financially impacted because of the COVID-19 pandemic. With reports of wide-spread layoffs...
View ArticleCOVID-19 infections among Ontario health care workers spike Release more N95...
TORONTO, ON - The fight against the spread of COVID-19 hinges on Ontario hospital and long-term care, home care workers and paramedics not contracting the virus in large numbers, so that they can care...
View Article“Just because we work half the hours, does not mean we are half the worth!”:...
On Friday, March 13, the Town of Whitby laid off 210 part-time staff, members of CUPE Local 53. Unlike neighbouring municipalities, like Pickering, Clarington, Uxbridge, and Ajax, where city workers...
View ArticleE-learning must be accessible to all Ontarians: CUPE Ontario
(TORONTO, ON) With the Ontario government announcing an extension of closures for schools and child care centres due to the pandemic, education workers represented by the Canadian Union of Public...
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