Media
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CUPE 1600 compelled to respond to Zoocheck's statements regarding quarantine procedures at PAWS
Feb 6, 2012 03:37 PM CUPE 1600 responds to recent Zoocheck statements concerning PAWS, the animal sanctuary in California, where the Toronto Zoo may send their three African elephants. The union represents workers and animal keepers at the Toronto Zoo.
Union joins other supporters to mark 36 years of Peltier’s false imprisonment
Feb 6, 2012 02:40 PM The struggle for freedom for American Indian activist Leonard Peltier, wrongly extradited from Canada to the US in 1976, reminds Canadians that the struggle for justice for all aboriginal peoples is ongoing, CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn said today on the 36th year of Peltier’s false imprisonment.
Time for action, not ‘action plans’ on a minimum care standard for frail long-term care residents
Feb 6, 2012 02:11 PM 85,000 residents in the province’s long-term care homes have waited for more than eight years for Ontario’s Liberal government to make good on a long-promised minimum standard of care, and the time for them to act is now, advocates for better long-term care said at a Kingston media conference today.
School board workers raise money for Richmond Hill charity
Feb 6, 2012 11:06 AM CUPE Ontario school board workers recognized the importance of giving back to the community at their annual conference by raising money to help a local charity, the Richmond Hill Community Food Bank.
CUPE Ontario declares support for anti-bullying legislation, Bill 13
Feb 6, 2012 09:32 AM Ontario’s largest union is urging all Ontarians to support the passage of Bill 13, the Accepting Schools Act, and to stand behind students in their quest to eradicate bullying.
Ontario’s largest union commits full support for Toronto Services and city workers
Feb 3, 2012 04:56 PM Fred Hahn, president of CUPE Ontario, has committed the full support and resources of the union to CUPE Local 416 in its effort to continue providing services to Torontonians while staying at the bargaining table, despite blatant attempts by the Mayor’s team to provoke a work stoppage.
Liberals’ health action plan ignores minimum care standard for frail long-term care residents
Feb 3, 2012 03:52 PM The Ontario government’s so-called “action plan” for health care, released this week, lacks the long-promised minimum standard of care for the province’s 85,000 residents of long-term care (LTC), advocates will say at a Kingston media conference Monday, February 6.
Halifax needs to revisit snow removal policies - CUPE 108
Feb 3, 2012 08:14 AM The union that represents Halifax Regional Municipality’s outside workers believes it’s time for HRM to go back to the drawing board on its snow and ice removal policies.
BC Jobs Plan failing northern communities
Feb 2, 2012 07:28 PM With an unemployment rate in northern B.C. sitting at 11.5% and layoffs looming at northern colleges, the B.C. government’s vaunted BC Jobs Plan is failing northern communities, unions representing post secondary workers said today.
Time for action, not ‘action plans’ on a minimum care standard for frail long-term care residents
Feb 2, 2012 10:44 AM 85,000 residents in the province’s long-term care homes have waited for more than eight years for Ontario’s Liberal government to make good on a long-promised minimum standard of care, and the time for them to act is now, advocates for better long-term care said at a Sudbury media conference today.
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