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CUPE proudly presents public screening of We Are Wisconsin in Sarnia on Tuesday, April 16
Apr 15, 2013 03:11 PM CUPE is proud to support and host a free public screening of We Are Wisconsin, an award-winning documentary that chronicles the workers’ uprising against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s controversial ‘budget repair’ bill – designed to wipe out workers’ rights.
Toronto Zoo management on fast track to lockout, warns CUPE Local 1600
Apr 8, 2013 02:19 PM Management at the Toronto Zoo have put themselves on the fast track to a lockout, the president of CUPE 1600, representing more than 400 staff at the zoo warned today.
On 10th Anniversary of SARS Emergency, take a moment to remember ordinary people who became extraordinary heroes
Mar 26, 2013 03:39 PM As Toronto marks the tenth anniversary of Sudden Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak, the leaders of CUPE 416 are urging residents to reflect on the many ordinary city workers who became extraordinary heroes.
Cutbacks at Windsor-Essex Children’s Aid will hurt vulnerable children and families, CUPE warns
Mar 25, 2013 03:50 PM After learning that 18 case aides and family access workers are being terminated due to downsizing at the Windsor-Essex Children’s Aid Society, the president of Local 2286 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is warning families and the community about the negative impact of the cuts, and the cumulative damage that chronic underfunding is having on child protection services in Windsor and Essex County, and across the province.
Staff at A Place Called Home seek a safer workplace to better serve the homeless
Mar 25, 2013 11:54 AM Shelter workers at A Place Called Home, represented by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), are seeking to improve their working conditions in contract talks, to better serve the homeless clients that stay at the shelter and those who are at risk of becoming homeless.
Peel CAS funding shortfall just province-wide tip of $67 million iceberg
Mar 19, 2013 09:01 AM Efforts by the Peel Region Children’s Aid Society (CAS) to address funding shortfalls are simply the tip of an iceberg that threatens child protection efforts across the Province of Ontario, representatives for the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) warned today.
Children’s Mental Health Service cuts will hurt children and families, CUPE warns
Mar 19, 2013 08:55 AM Service cutbacks at Children’s Mental Health Services will have a severe impact on continuous care and disrupt any progress achieved by children and their families, warns the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), representing front-line social service workers at the agency in Belleville, which also serves clients and their families living in Trenton, Picton, Madoc, Bancroft and surrounding areas.
Health minister must call a coroner’s inquest into LTC beating death – CUPE Ontario
Mar 15, 2013 03:44 PM Following the tragic beating death of one long-term care resident and the assault on a second resident, CUPE Ontario today called on Ontario’s health minister to follow up on long-standing coroner’s inquest recommendations that will make nursing homes safer for residents.
"Make it safe" for long-term care residents, front-line staff urge Ontario health minister
Mar 15, 2013 02:43 PM Following yet another tragic death at an Ontario long-term care residence, front-line nurses and personal support workers today renewed their appeal to Ontario's health minister for a legislated care standard.
Toronto Zoo workers seeking ‘willing partner’ at bargaining table
Mar 7, 2013 02:40 PM Toronto Zoo workers seeking ‘willing partner’ at bargaining table to negotiate fair collective agreement CUPE 1600 members give unanimous mandate to bargaining committee to take ‘any and all’ steps to secure new contract.
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