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B.C. health unions seek fair and reasonable settlement as talks begin Tuesday

Feb 6, 2012 09:42 PM Unions representing 43,000 B.C. health care workers will sit down with employers and government to begin negotiations for a new collective agreement Feb. 7. HEU will lead the 12-union Facilities Bargaining Association in talks aimed at improving working and caring conditions for a diverse range of workers.

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.

Help McMaster University’s post-doctoral fellows secure a fair deal

Feb 6, 2012 03:07 PM A fair deal that includes a fair and competitive compensation package can be reached with McMaster if the administration moves away from their current inflexible position of no increases in the final years of their proposed contract terms. Please send management an email in support of CUPE 3906 members.

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.

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.

CUPE 416 announces framework for a deal in Toronto

Feb 5, 2012 12:15 PM Mark Ferguson, President of Toronto Civic Employees' Union, CUPE Local 416, announced early this morning that the Local and the City negotiators have developed a working framework for a new collective agreement. The City and Union are expected to continue working together over the next 48 hours to finish the agreement before proposing it for ratification by Local 416 members and City Council.

Sectors meet to shape bargaining priorities in British Columbia

Feb 3, 2012 07:13 PM CUPE’s B.C. regional bargaining strategies conference continued on Thursday with delegates separating into provincial and locally-funded sectors—and then into individual sectors—to discuss bargaining priorities for 2012.

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.