CUPE ONTARIO

“Now the Ford Conservatives are sitting on $4.3 billion”: CUPE Ontario calls for more spending, not less November 29, 2021
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Submission to the Standing Committee on Social Policy relating to Bill 27, Working for Workers Act, 2021 November 26, 2021
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Megan Harris
The PC Party’s Labour Charm Offensive November 26, 2021
This month, Premier Ford's Progressive Conservative government made major moves to court workers, seeking to change labour laws with the Working for Workers Act and pledging to raise the minumum wage. But, do Ontario unions actually like what they see, and will this help Ontario's working class in substantial ways? Also, are we witnessing a […]
Megan Harris
Ontario Representatives Elected to the CUPE National Executive Board November 24, 2021
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Megan Harris
Candace Rennick Elected CUPE National Secretary-Treasurer November 24, 2021
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Megan Harris
Niagara EMS must act now to protect patients who call 911, say CUPE paramedics November 24, 2021
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Megan Harris
“From our struggles to our success”: CUPE Ontario’s statement on Transgender Day of Remembrance November 19, 2021
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Why Ontario, and all of Canada, need a wealth tax November 15, 2021
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” famously opens Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities. The line also perfectly describes the growing income and wealth inequality in Ontario, a tale of two provinces that compels us to finally institute a wealth tax. In the tale of one of the […]
Megan Harris
“Wealth Tax Now”: CUPE Ontario calls on Province to institute changes to tax system November 10, 2021
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Megan Harris
Ontario’s Fall Economic Statement ignores the child care crisis in Ontario November 5, 2021
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Megan Harris