Communications Branch

First Region of Peel Ontario Works picket line today

May 3, 2012 09:11 AM The first picket line of the Ontario Works employees, members of CUPE Local 966, will take place Thursday, May 3, at 1:30 p.m. at Ontario Works headquarters, 7120 Hurontario Street, Mississauga.

Ontario Works employees at Region of Peel will be on strike Thursday, May 3

May 2, 2012 10:48 AM Members of CUPE 966, Ontario Works unit, will go on strike at 12:01 a.m., Thursday, May 3. “This was not a situation we wanted. We committed to our members and the Region to stay at the bargaining table until we were able to reach a negotiated settlement. The last thing we wanted to do was remove our vital services to those vulnerable clients that we serve,” said Mary Jo Falle, president of CUPE 966.

Quebec City found guilty of an illegal lockout

Apr 27, 2012 03:58 PM In a major setback for Quebec City and Mayor Régis Labeaume, the Commission des relations du travail du Québec (CRT) has ruled that the 162 layoffs of April 17 constitute an illegal lockout.

Help end the Rio Tinto lockout in Alma, Quebec

Apr 19, 2012 09:59 AM Rio Tinto is making a demand familiar to every union member at every Rio Tinto facility on the planet: a 50% wage cut. Take 20 seconds out of your day, join the USW-LabourStart campaign and send a message to the International Olympic Committee and Rio Tinto!

Paul Moist to join striking Lincoln County Humane Society workers Sunday

Apr 13, 2012 10:50 AM Paul Moist, the national president of CUPE, will join striking Lincoln County Humane Society workers on Sunday, April 15 at 12:00 noon, for a solidarity picket.

University of Toronto employees secure bus to take picketers to support Brock University striking ESL instructors

Apr 3, 2012 10:46 AM CUPE Local 3902, workers at the University of Toronto, has secured the "Flying Squad" bus owned by CUPE Local 966, municipal workers in the Region of Peel.

CUPE 4207 on strike to force Brock University to live up to its agreements

Mar 26, 2012 10:34 AM CUPE 4207-Unit 3, representing instructors in English as a Second Language Services at Brock University is on strike because the university refuses to ratify the tentative collective agreement that it signed in February.

Lockout at Heritage Park in Calgary averted

Mar 24, 2012 08:24 PM CUPE Local 37 and The Heritage Park Society in Calgary have reached an agreement, avoiding a lockout starting Monday, March 26.

Heritage Park in Calgary locks out security staff

Mar 23, 2012 12:25 PM Sixteen low-wage employees of Heritage Park Society in Calgary were served lockout notice on March 23. Amongst other issues, the starting wage is $13/hour and one employee, who has been there 15 years, is still only earning $14.

CUPE lends support to locked out Rio Tinto Alcan workers in Alma

Feb 10, 2012 10:18 AM CUPE is standing in solidarity with the 780 locked out steelworkers in Alma. CUPE's National Secretary-Treasurer, Charles Fleury, is in Alma today to hand over $10,000 in financial support to Rio Tinto Alcan workers.