Letter from SEIU, UNIFOR, and CUPE Ontario to Ford Government
The Honourable Doug Ford Premier of Ontario Legislative Building, Room 281 Queen’s Park Toronto, Ontario M7A 1A1 Dear Premier Ford: Re: Assurance that workers in LTC can participate in the Commission...
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Normally we’d be spending Labour Day at events with hundreds of union activists, allies, and community members. There would be hugs, smiling faces, and group pictures. We’d celebrate our victories and...
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We must stand together to ensure a brighter future
By Fred Hahn Contributor for The Star (Click here to read the article on TheStar.com) Normally, I’d be spending Labour Day at events with hundreds of union activists, allies and community members....
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Statement from David Simao, Chair of OUWCC Re: Two-Day Scholar Strike
As Universities across the province resume on-campus operations this week, OUWCC urges all Ontarians to join them in supporting and endorsing the two-day Scholar Strike currently underway. University...
View ArticleFord Conservatives sitting on billions meant for schools, health care, and...
(TORONTO, ON) The Government of Ontario is falling far short when it comes to financially supporting people and public services, says the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario, drawing on...
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CUPE Ontario continues ‘Restore Our Rights’ protests with stop in Fergus
CUPE Ontario will be mobilizing with the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions to restore their workers rights, with a stop in Fergus on Tuesday. Protestors are scheduled to begin their demonstration at...
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‘Restore our rights:’ CUPE rallies outside Fergus MPP’s office
Leaders and members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario held a protest on Wednesday calling for their workplace bargaining agreements to be restored. Ontario Council of Hospital...
View ArticleSEIU Healthcare, CUPE Ontario, and Unifor hold media conference to continue...
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TORONTO, ON – SEIU Healthcare, CUPE Ontario, and Unifor, unions that represent health care workers across long-term care, are urging immediate action to end the crisis in the sector. The unions are...
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‘Start acting and stop chatting so much:’ Unions tell Ford to take action to...
“Clearly we have learned nothing from the first wave of this virus and residents and staff are again at risk of losing their lives,” CUPE Ontario Secretary-Treasurer Candace Rennick said during the...
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Problems in Ontario long-term care homes need fixing now, PSWs and unions...
Personal support workers and their unions are calling on the province to fix problems in long-term care homes now before an expected resurgence of COVID-19 cases this fall. Representatives of CUPE...
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Ontario Must Address Long-Term Care Staffing Crisis As Cases Surge: Unions
Candace Rennick, secretary-treasurer of Canadian Union of Public Employees Ontario, noted there is currently a private member’s bill in the Ontario legislature that would increase the hours of care a...
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Unions call on Ford government to step up action in long-term care
Unions representing health care workers are calling for immediate action to end the crisis in long-term care. On Monday, CUPE Ontario, SEIU Healthcare, and Unifor, unions which collectively represent...
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Unions Call on Ontario Government to Protect Long-Term Care Homes from Second...
On Monday morning, officials from CUPE Ontario, SEIU Healthcare and Unifor held a joint news conference where they called on the Ford government to take action now to improve conditions in long-term...
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