Mental health

Community Living staff members stand up for developmental services in Sarnia-Lambton

May 8, 2012 09:27 AM Community Living Sarnia-Lambton employees, members of CUPE Local 4370, are holding an information picket on May 14, 2012, as they urge the agency administration to join with the union to address provincial underfunding for services for people with a developmental disability and their families.

Take action to improve mental health in Canada

Apr 27, 2012 02:51 PM It’s time to change the way we think about, act about, act towards and treat mental health in Canada. The situation must change – which is why CUPE is backing the NOT MYSELF TODAY campaign.

Members of CUPE 600–3 raise concerns for Valley View Centre residents as government plans relocation

Feb 26, 2012 11:57 PM CUPE Local 600-3, representing workers at Valley View Centre in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan are raising concerns following a government announcement that residents with intellectual and physical disabilities will be relocated over the next four years. The government plans to replace the current program with group homes and expanded day programming.

CUPE sponsors Thriving and Beyond 2010 mental health care conference

Oct 21, 2010 04:49 PM CUPE is a proud sponsor of Thriving in 2010 and Beyond, a conference hosted by the Canadian Mental Health Association from October 22 to 24, 2010 in London, Ontario. The event will bring together Canada’s mental health care leaders to address how we can ensure every person living with a mental health condition has the services and supports needed to not just survive, but thrive.

Hit and run on CUPE picket line – driver hired to mow grass, injures female striker - Union calls on employer to return to the bargaining table. Now.

Jul 23, 2009 10:31 AM A CUPE member was the victim of a hit and run on the picket line Monday night.

“Save the Roberts/Smart Centre – Fund youth mental health!” - CUPE youth mental health workers picket McGuinty’s office

May 27, 2009 03:25 PM Workers at the Roberts/Smart Centre picketed Premier Dalton McGuinty’s Ottawa constituency office today in a bid to save the vital mental health centre from closure due to chronic provincial underfunding.

Provincial underfunding of mental health services for children and youth brings Ottawa centre to the brink - Why isn’t youth mental health a priority for the Liberal government?

May 13, 2009 04:23 PM The chronic underfunding of mental health services for Ontario’s children and youth has brought one Ottawa agency to the brink of closure, says the union representing roughly 150 workers, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).

CUPE president to visit Riverview Adult Residential Centre

Feb 1, 2008 08:17 AM (Riverton, N.S.) – The president of CUPE Nova Scotia, Danny Cavanagh, will be paying a visit to the Riverview Adult Residential Centre this afternoon.

CUPE staff at evacuated adult residential centre go ‘above and beyond the call of duty’

Feb 1, 2008 07:53 AM (Stellarton, N.S.) – Staff at the Riverview Adult Residential Centre – who yesterday had to evacuate 106 residents in a crisis situation – did so in mere minutes from the time the order was issued.

CUPE reaches tentative agreement at CMHA-Ottawa

Oct 4, 2007 10:18 AM A tentative agreement was reached early this morning between management negotiators and representatives of Local 1521-01 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), representing 87 community outreach, case management workers and support staff at the Ottawa branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association, averting a strike or lockout.