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  • Our Statement on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty October 17, 2019
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    Liam Bedard
  • CUPE school board leaders endorse tentative deal that secures services for students October 15, 2019
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    Jessica Gale
  • CUPE Ontario condemns Turkish government’s invasion of Syria October 15, 2019
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    Liam Bedard
  • CUPE city workers team up with Windsor-Essex food bank to deliver Thanksgiving dinners October 10, 2019
    WINDSOR, ON – Members of Local 543 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE 543) have packed up 600 hampers containing everything needed for a complete Thanksgiving dinner, as part of their sixth annual ‘Operation Giveback,’ in partnership with the Windsor-Essex Food Bank Association. The dinner hampers will be distributed to families in the […]
    Jessica Gale
  • Province-wide strike averted as CUPE education workers reach tentative agreement October 7, 2019
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    Jessica Gale
  • CUPE Ontario Statement on CUPE Education Workers Negotiating Tentative Collective Agreement October 6, 2019
    JTNDZGl2JTIwY2xhc3MlM0QlMjJmYi1saWtlJTIyJTIwZGF0YS1ocmVmJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZmYWNlYm9vay5jb20lMkZjdXBlb250YXJpbyUyMiUyMGRhdGEtbGF5b3V0JTNEJTIyc3RhbmRhcmQlMjIlMjBkYXRhLWFjdGlvbiUzRCUyMmxpa2UlMjIlMjBkYXRhLXNpemUlM0QlMjJsYXJnZSUyMiUyMGRhdGEtc2hvdy1mYWNlcyUzRCUyMnRydWUlMjIlMjBkYXRhLXNoYXJlJTNEJTIyZmFsc2UlMjIlM0UlM0MlMkZkaXYlM0U=(le français suit) Congratulations to CUPE Ontario’s School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU) for negotiating a tentative collective agreement. For a week, 55,000 CUPE education workers have been taking job action to secure a fair agreement that ensures services for students and treats workers with respect. They have been holding firm, demanding an end to […]
    Liam Bedard
  • Talks will resume today for CUPE education workers October 4, 2019
    TORONTO, ON – The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) will resume bargaining today with the Council of Trustees’ Association and the Government of Ontario, on behalf of 55,000 education workers. Ongoing talks are aimed at ending the work-to-rule job action that will escalate to full strike on Monday, October 7th, if no deal can […]
    Vinny Paul
  • Northumberland Hills hospital on track for a loss akin to 12 beds and 97 staff under Ford Conservatives October 2, 2019
    COBOURG, ON – A report released today in Cobourg shows that hospitals in Northumberland could lose (in today’s terms) 12 beds and 97 staff under the provincial Conservatives’ fiscal plan. Patients, too, are losing out as across the province, emergency room wait times have increased 13.2 per cent since Doug Ford’s government was elected just […]
    Vinny Paul
  • As education workers give notice of walkout, CUPE urges province, trustees to focus on reaching a deal that secures services for students October 2, 2019
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    ddadgari
  • CUPE education workers’ province-wide job action Update from CUPE’s Ontario School Board Council of Unions October 1, 2019
    JTNDZGl2JTIwY2xhc3MlM0QlMjJmYi1saWtlJTIyJTIwZGF0YS1ocmVmJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZmYWNlYm9vay5jb20lMkZjdXBlb250YXJpbyUyMiUyMGRhdGEtbGF5b3V0JTNEJTIyc3RhbmRhcmQlMjIlMjBkYXRhLWFjdGlvbiUzRCUyMmxpa2UlMjIlMjBkYXRhLXNpemUlM0QlMjJsYXJnZSUyMiUyMGRhdGEtc2hvdy1mYWNlcyUzRCUyMnRydWUlMjIlMjBkYXRhLXNoYXJlJTNEJTIyZmFsc2UlMjIlM0UlM0MlMkZkaXYlM0U=On behalf of 55,000 education workers who began working to rule on Monday, September 30, representatives from the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) will update members of the media on their ongoing job action. Who: Laura Walton, President of CUPE’s Ontario School Board Council of Unions (OSBCU), Darcie McEathron, CUPE School Boards Coordinator, Fred Hahn, President, […]
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