What you need to know if your child’s school closes due to a CUPE strike
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) says their workers will be walking off the job Monday, a week into a work-to-rule campaign as talks continue with the province Friday. Negotiations are...
View ArticleParents scramble for child care as education workers, province return to table
Parents in Ontario scrambled Friday to figure out what to do with their kids should the province’s education workers strike next week. Talks between the province and the union representing custodians,...
View ArticleOntario-wide protests scheduled against education cuts
Protests against cuts to education are happening across the province on Thursday. The so-called “walk-in” rallies will take place as students head into class to protest funding cuts and “celebrate the...
View ArticleToronto Catholic school board staff member dies of COVID-19, union says
A Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) staff member has died of COVID-19, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) says. “CUPE Ontario’s 280,000 members mourn the loss of our sister, a...
View ArticleOver 5,000 layoffs at Air Canada due to COVID-19
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — Air Canada has announced over 5,000 workers will be laid off come April 30 due to a stark reduction in demand and strict limits on the destinations to which planes can fly amid...
View ArticleUnion calls for Ontario to institute distancing, capacity limits at universities
A union representing workers on university campuses in Ontario called Thursday for the government to put classroom capacity limits and distancing requirements in place to better protect students and...
View ArticleHealthcare unions call for better protection against increasing workplace...
Two unions representing 70,000 Ontario hospital workers are calling on the Ford government to provide better protection for its workforce or risk a mass exodus of skilled employees. According to CUPE...
View ArticleToronto hospitals must hire thousands to keep ERs open, warns union
A union representing healthcare workers warns Toronto area hospitals must add tens of thousands of staff to their workforce each year, or already long emergency room wait times will worsen. The...
View ArticleOntario education workers in legal strike position as of Nov. 3
The Canadian Union of Public Employees says their 55,000 education worker members in Ontario, such as custodians, early childhood educators and administration staff, will be in a legal strike position...
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