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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Some 65,000 unionized hospital workers in Ontario have been awarded a pay increase of six per cent over two years in an arbitration decision. Workers represented by the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions — CUPE (OCHU-CUPE) and SEIU Healthcare — will have …
Read More »CUPE health-care workers in Hastings Prince Edward join nurses on the pick line
CUPE public health workers at Hastings Prince Edward Public Health are joining Ontario Nurses’ Association members in walking off the job on Friday. CUPE Local 3314, representing 70 public health workers, says it is officially going on strike after not reaching a deal at the bargaining table with the health …
Read More »Ontario WSIB workers are latest public employees offered retroactive Bill 124 pay
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Unionized workers at Ontario’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) are the latest group to win retroactive pay for the three years their wages were capped by the Ford government’s wage restraint legislation, Bill 124. On Friday, the Canadian Union of Public …
Read More »‘An archaic practice’: Flight attendants protest unpaid work – Calgary
Flight attendants are calling to get paid for time that they’re on a plane but not in the air. Currently, it’s beginning when a plane’s doors are closed and the aircraft pushed back from the gate that flight attendants begin to get paid, until the flight touches down. Attendants figure …
Read More »‘Overwhelmed, tired, exhausted’: CUPE workers rally outside London school board amid talk delays – London
The president of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Ontario School Board Council Union is calling for a new collective agreement for education workers in London, Ont., saying “enough is enough.” Laura Walton was among a crowd of frustrated CUPE Local 4222 and Local 7575 workers who rallied outside …
Read More »Contract instructors, TAs go on strike at Carleton University after no deal reached
Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 4600 says the strike began Monday after it and the university in Ottawa could not reach an agreement over the weekend. News Source link
Read More »Bus drivers hold moment of silence in tribute to victims of Laval tragedy – Montreal
Descrease article font size Increase article font size In honour of the victims of last week’s tragedy in Laval, Que., bus drivers across the Greater Montreal area held a moment of silence Wednesday morning. The transit agencies of Laval (STL), Montreal (STM) and Longueuil (RTL) came to a halt at …
Read More »Millennium Library reopening postponed pending safety audit, City of Winnipeg says – Winnipeg
Plans to reopen the Millennium Library in downtown Winnipeg have been postponed once again due to safety concerns amongst staff. This comes after four people were arrested in connection to a fatal stabbing inside the facility just over a month ago. Read more: No reopening date set for Winnipeg’s Millennium …
Read More »Ford government given a stern rebuke over democracy
After an eventful few months at Queen’s Park — that included the use of the notwithstanding clause — Ontario’s lieutenant-governor called on Ontario’s MPPs to uphold democratic values in the Ontario legislature. Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell delivered an end-of-year speech to Ontario legislators moments after giving Bill 39 royal assent and …
Read More »Education workers vote on tentative agreement to be announced Monday
A decision by unionized education workers over the contract offer from the provincial government will be announced at 10 a.m. on Monday. If the deal is accepted by members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) it will mark the end of a controversial struggle that started boiling over …
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