Durham Region’s inside workers on strike
Durham Region’s 1,600 inside workers have walked off the job Thursday after contract negotiations broke down. Daycare workers, public health inspections, traffic operations, and other workers...
View ArticleStriking Durham Region inside workers to vote on contract deal
The strike in Durham Region may end soon as the municipality’s inside workers are set to vote on an amended contract deal on Saturday. The region presented the amended deal to the union Wednesday, but...
View ArticleTalks to resume in Durham Region’s inside workers strike
Contract talks resume on Thursday between Durham Region and the union representing its striking inside workers. Just over half of Durham Region’s inside workers voted on Saturday to reject the...
View ArticleDurham’s inside workers ratify collective agreement
Durham Region’s inside workers could be back at work as early as Friday after ratifying a new collective agreement. Details of the deal have not yet been released, and it’s not yet known how many of...
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U of T teaching assistants take to the picket lines at 3 campuses
More than 6,000 teaching assistants (TAs) at the University of Toronto went on strike after all. The negotiators from CUPE local 3902 had reached a tentative deal, around 4 a.m. Friday morning,...
View ArticleYork University TAs, graduation assistants reject tentative deal
Two of the three bargaining units of CUPE 3903 have rejected the tentative deal reached with York University last week. Teaching assistants and graduation assistant voted to reject deal Monday night,...
View ArticleToronto paramedics in need of support from city, community
They’re usually first to respond to medical emergency calls, but now Toronto paramedics are reportedly in distress themselves. According to the union that represents 1,300 first responders in the city,...
View ArticleUniversity of Toronto contract staff vote 91% in favour of strike mandate
Contract academic workers at the University of Toronto have given their union a 91 per cent mandate in favour of strike action as they work towards a new contract. The Canadian Union of Public...
View ArticleYork University’s last offer to be voted on April 6; CUPE urges rejection
York University’s latest offer to its striking contract faculty and teaching assistants will be voted on starting April 6 in what CUPE Local 3903 calls a “forced ratification vote.” More than 3,000...
View ArticleYork U teaching assistants, contract faculty vote on school’s final offer
Striking contract faculty and teaching assistants at York University begin electronic voting Friday on the school’s final offer, but it is not by choice. In March, the university requested a “forced...
View ArticleCUPE head warns Zoo management on fast track to lockout staff
Toronto Zoo management are on the fast track to lockout staff, according to CUPE Local 1600 president Christine McKenzie. In a statement released Monday, McKenzie said union negotiators were told on...
View ArticleToronto Zoo union warns of possible lockout ahead of panda exhibit opening
The Toronto Zoo may be facing some labour troubles as it prepares to open its much-anticipated giant panda exhibit next month. The union representing more than 400 zoo staff is warning of a lockout...
View ArticleZoo union has ‘no intention’ of striking
The union representing more than 400 Toronto Zoo workers says it has made progress in talks with management and has no plans to strike. “We’ve been very frustrated that there was little movement in the...
View ArticleToronto Zoo elephants begin journey to California sanctuary
After a long day of waiting the three remaining elephants at the Toronto Zoo began their journey to the PAWS animal sanctuary in California on a rainy Thursday night. The elephants were scheduled to...
View ArticleCUPE Ontario says it won’t support Bill 122
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) says it won’t support Bill 122 — the School Boards Collective Bargaining Act — because it says the Liberal government has failed to honour its agreement...
View ArticleCUPE takes action against Ford government’s funding cuts
Canada’s largest union is targeting the Ford government in a new campaign, which is aimed at stopping funding cuts that could hurt local communities. The president of the Canadian Union of Public...
View ArticleOntario school support staff to give 5-day strike action notice Wednesday
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), the union representing school support staff in Ontario, say they will be giving notice of job action on Wednesday. The union, which represents 55,000 CUPE...
View ArticleWill talks between CUPE and the province resume this week?
Confusion is mounting about when the union representing education workers and the government would return to the bargaining table. Education Minister Stephen Lecce said CUPE — which represents 55,000...
View ArticleTalks set to resume in CUPE school board negotiations
Ontario’s education minister accused Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau on Wednesday of trying to politicize the province’s labour negotiations with school support workers to score points ahead of the...
View ArticleUnion, province to resume talks to head off strike by school support workers
The Ontario government and a union that represents thousands of education workers say they are to resume talks Friday to head off a looming strike at the province’s schools. The Canadian Union of...
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