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Opening Ontario schools safely amid COVID could require up to $3.2 billion...
Laura Walton, who heads CUPE’s school bargaining unit, said the amount the union recommends is a 2.1 per cent increase in education spending for the upcoming school year, and is the minimum needed. It...
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Ontario government must ‘urgently’ hire more long-term-care staff before...
Premier Doug Ford’s government should “urgently” hire new nurses and front-line workers to give long-term-care residents the four hours of daily care they need, a long-awaited staffing report says....
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An Important Message for all CUPE Members Working in the Long-Term Care (LTC)...
Click here to download the message in PDF On Wednesday, July 29, the Provincial Government announced the launch of an independent LTC COVID-19 Commission, headed by Ontario Superior Court of Justice...
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“Enough talk. We need bold action now.”: a coalition of unions representing...
TORONTO — Unions that represent front-line healthcare workers across the long-term care sector issued the below joint statement following the release of Ontario’s long-term care staffing study,...
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LTC: Expert panel says increase staffing, regulate hours of care
An expert panel appointed by Ontario’s Conservative government is echoing what advocates have long called for: Increased staffing in long-term care homes to provide a minimum average of four-hours of...
View ArticleCheap won’t keep Ontario students and staff safe from COVID in reopened...
Read the CUPE and safe school reopening bulletin here TORONTO – Ontario schools need vastly more investment for staffing and supplies to make them safe for students’ return in September, as well as...
View Article“On this day we recommit to fighting anti-Black racism everywhere”: CUPE...
Today we celebrate Emancipation Day, which marks the legal abolition of slavery in Canada on August 1, 1834. Ordinarily, we would be marking Emancipation Day at Carnival, which is both a celebration...
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Ontario budget deficit projected to jump to $38.5B in 2020-2021
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to take a heavy toll on Ontario, the province's finance minister said Wednesday, as he announced the government has nearly doubled its deficit projection to $38.5...
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Brockville union rally Tuesday over Bill 195
Canadian Union of Public Employees President Fred Hahn and Ontario Council of Hospital Unions President Michael Hurley held a news conference Monday morning ahead of their rally dubbed “Restore Our...
View Article“Solidarity with Port of Montreal longshore workers”: CUPE Ontario salutes...
CUPE Ontario’s 280,000 members offer salute the announcement of a truce agreed to today between striking longshore workers at the Port of Montreal, members of CUPE Local 375, and the Maritime...
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Unions rally against Ontario’s Bill 195
“Written in the Bill 195, the government says the emergency is over, but unfortunately it is not over for the health-care, social services, waste-water and other workers whose collective agreement...
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Union protests COVID-19 emergency measures
The Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU) is calling on the province to rescind emergency measures that have taken away the workplace rights of front-line workers. Read more here. The post Union...
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The rights of front-line workers are being eroded by the Ford government
We’ve never been so thankful for the front-line public sector workers who keep Ontario running — especially during such challenging times. They maintained the public services we rely on more than ever...
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