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View Article82% of Scarborough residents say Liberals should stop Hydro One sale
SCARBOROUGH, ON – More than four-fifths of Scarborough residents want the provincial Liberals to stop any further sale of Hydro One, according to new polling results released at a campaign launch on...
View ArticleCity rejects cost-free measures on stable jobs, predictable work
TORONTO, ON – Local 79 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE Local 79) today announced bargaining with the City of Toronto has reached a stalemate after the city rejected the union’s latest...
View ArticleGTA hospital staff on buses today to support North Bay nurse fired for...
Toronto, ON — 150 health care staff from across greater Toronto will be among hundreds of hospital and long-term care workers from across Ontario heading to North Bay today, for a rally in support...
View ArticleHospital staff from across Ontario on buses today in support of North Bay...
NORTH BAY, ON — Hundreds of hospital and long-term care staff from across Ontario are heading to North Bay today, for a rally in support of Sue McIntyre, who was fired last month for speaking up...
View ArticleWindsor Public Library triggers countdown to lock out staff, potentially...
WINDSOR, ON – While the Windsor Public Library Board recently won the Public Library Board of the Year award from the Ontario Library Association (OLA), management at the Windsor Public Library halted...
View ArticleOntario paramedics don’t need a regulatory college, CUPE says
View this page in full on the CUPE Ontario website: Ontario paramedics don’t need a regulatory college, CUPE says.
View ArticleCUPE Local 79 agrees to new four-year contract
TORONTO, ON – The bargaining team representing members of Local 79 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE Local 79) today agreed to terms on a tentative four-year contract with the City of...
View ArticleGood mental health services depend on workers being treated fairly, says union
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — Mental health services in Haliburton, Kawartha and Pine Ridge will benefit from the stability that a fair and reasonable settlement for workers will bring, say representatives of...
View ArticleLocal CUPE members raise alarm over loss of local control, revenue if PDI sold
PETERBOROUGH, ON – The proposed sale of Peterborough Distribution Inc. to Hydro One threatens local control and runs contrary to the public’s desire to retain public control over local electricity...
View ArticleCity of Windsor makes a sham of local democracy by reintroducing an already...
WINDSOR, ON – The City of Windsor is about to witness the dismantling of local democracy if key elected council officials get their way and reintroduce a motion already defeated in November seeking to...
View ArticleWorkers at the Town of Caledon give their union a resounding strike mandate
CALEDON, ON – Approximately 80 outside workers with the Town of Caledon have given their union, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE Local 966), a strong strike mandate after negotiations hit...
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day 2016
Every March 8, people across the globe commemorate women’s achievements and call attention to their struggles by observing International Women’s Day. In Ontario, women and allies participate in...
View ArticleUnsafe patient overcrowding at Health Sciences North warn staff at media...
SUDBURY, Ont. — Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 1623 will hold a media conference at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday March 10, at 885 Regent Street, Unit 3-11A in Sudbury, to raise concerns about...
View ArticleTAKE ACTION! Ontario’s proposed child care regulation changes
Ontario’s Ministry of Education is proposing that infants, toddlers & preschoolers in licensed child care centres be cared for in larger groups at younger ages with fewer staff. Parents, advocates...
View ArticleCooperation key to making TTC the Safer Way for everybody, says CUPE 5089...
TORONTO, ON – The president of the union representing the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) special constables believes riders, TTC employees, and management, must work together to make Canada’s...
View ArticleCUPE Local 79 ratifies collective agreements
TORONTO, ON – Members of Local 79 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE Local 79) today ratified collective agreements for the local’s full-time, part-time recreation and part-time unit B...
View ArticleNew poll uncovers community attitudes toward nurse firing for speaking out...
NORTH BAY, ON — The results of a poll conducted last weekend asking North Bay residents whether they approve of the recent action of the regional hospital for firing a nurse who spoke out against...
View ArticleNorth Bay Regional Health Centre wrong to fire nurse who spoke up about...
NORTH BAY, ON — There is little community support for North Bay Regional Health Centre’s (NBRHC) handling of the issue of workplace violence, a poll conducted on March 5 (2016) shows. 81 per cent of...
View ArticleMike McNeil’s untimely passing a loss to all of labour
March 14, 2016 Dear CUPE Sisters and Brothers: The labour movement has suffered a great loss with the untimely passing of Brother Mike McNeil on Saturday, March 12. As president of CUPE Nova Scotia,...
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