CUPE Ontario
- Price for deficit slaying, further tax cuts for the wealthy will be paid with the suffering of the ill and the elderly, union cautions January 18, 2019KINGSTON, ON – Kingston’s largest health care union, today, called on the Ontario government to shelve its proposed revenue cuts and fund Ontario hospitals at their real costs. The call comes just days before committee hearings on the province’s 2019 budget are slated to begin on Monday. Hearings are taking place in eight communities across […]Vinny Paul
- A bad day for students: funding cut disguised as tuition cut, will cost students more and hurt Universities January 17, 2019TORONTO, ON – Doug Ford’s PC government has announced an unprecedented round of deep cuts to Ontario Universities, the conversion of student grants to loans, and an attack on student democracy on campuses. “These cuts were made without consultation with the University sector, and will have damaging impacts for students for a long time to […]Vinny Paul
- Cut to LHINs cynical optics for PCs, when focus should be proper funding for hospitals and ending hallway medicine January 17, 2019TORONTO, ON – With reports that Ontario’s PC government is moving to chop the province’s health planning networks (Local Health Integration Networks or LHINs), the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU), today urged the Premier and health minister to stop and focus instead on proper funding for hospitals and ending hallway medicine. “Rather than […]Vinny Paul
- Kingston shut out of budget hearings, but hospital union holds media conference Friday to kick-start local discussion January 16, 2019KINGSTON, ON – On Monday, provincial budget hearings begin in eight communities across Ontario. However, Kingston isn’t one of them. That’s why the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 1974, which represents 1,600 hospital staff at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC), is holding a media conference on Friday, January 18 (2019) at 11:00 a.m., at […]Vinny Paul
- Royal Ottawa staff recognized on Wednesday for continued commitment to public health care January 15, 2019OTTAWA, ON – Over the last few years, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 942 at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, have often boarded buses at the crack of dawn to join thousands of like-minded defenders of public health care at several large ‘Stop the Cuts’ rallies across the province. […]Vinny Paul
- Pembroke hospital staff recognized on Tuesday for continued commitment to public health care January 14, 2019PEMBROKE, ON – Over the last few years, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 1502 at the Pembroke Regional Hospital, have often boarded buses at the crack of dawn to join thousands of like-minded defenders of public health care at several large ‘Stop the Cuts’ rallies across the province. On Tuesday […]Vinny Paul
- Sudbury laundry workers recognized Friday for continued commitment to public health care January 10, 2019SUDBURY, ON – Despite significant job losses to a hospital laundry in southern Ontario and the near closure of their workplace, Giselle Dawson and the remaining Sudbury Hospital Laundry workers continue to advocate for an end to cuts to hospital care. Consistently, the remaining members of Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 2841 have taken […]Liam Bedard
- CUPE Ontario stands with General Motors workers in Oshawa January 10, 2019CUPE Ontario stands strongly with the more than 2,500 General Motors (GM) workers in their fight to save their jobs in Oshawa, says the union’s president, Fred Hahn. “GM’s decision to close their Oshawa plant is an example of corporate greed at it’s worst. Despite raking in $6 billion in profits from the work done […]Vinny Paul
- CUPE Ontario Members Stand in Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en First Nation January 9, 2019CUPE Ontario members stand in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs and activists at the Unist’ot’en Camp defending their territory and the environment against big oil and right-wing politicians. Last month, TransCanada Coastal GasLink sought an injunction directing hereditary chiefs to remove the gate at Unist'ot'en Camp, allowing its agents to build a pipeline through their […]Liam Bedard
- 2018: A Year of Solidarity – A Message from Fred Hahn and Candace Rennick December 20, 2018As 2018 draws to a close, many of us are taking a well-earned break from work to spend time with family. While we do, let’s not forget the members of our union who work over the holidays to look after our loved ones and keep our communities strong while we’re away. Let us also reflect […]Liam Bedard
